The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

| The British losses were slight. The Ashantee
King. whose name was hoiee submitted ABB
KArrrR rysuRnEcT1oN OF 1857.
The Kafllrs along the Orange River started
spared lp 10 TeSors ordeG until i0 IN the
meantime, they destroyed a great deal OF prop
nna Ef n AID an S SaSk s
be sent against them.
ROBERTS IN LroHAsIsTAN.
There P ss ,S S EGTs ior the British Brit
Africa The Amir Of Afghanistan, with Rus
s,an encouragement, httemPted to shut ths
Rs s G his m 5Ss so 9 SSs S S
India. one, COMPOUNDED by Sir Donald Stew
I t ke.@se1 ,hroS HG ,ss KSS Ssr
ff EslT 'eifa E Rasss hoF sis
orti found the fehtinc. This Afghan,
waited FOL, him, at the out q Of the Knram
nS ssd 20 :" Here ,s e
wa, oa'ngmbsTed and that tho Afghan
night to the eit flank Of the Afghan position
forenoon iii. task was comrlicaigd ~, the
,reaohery OF some Of his sepoys who had not
who had cnIsayored to alarm the AfGhans
during the night march by firing their rifles.
Nearly n year OF negotiations followed, and
the AfEhans at last consented to let Sir Louis
Gs;ignarxI ssIss ,hh Eri.ish RSsidcncy at
ment was made Cayrgnari and his companions
ct Knbul were mass,crsd by an Afghan mob.
eourageh the demonstration that ended in the
massacre. and CnriGnari's death could not
n. RmP Ra no, e 90 Rmss SG to- pqo tnS
the ErRlishmap' ana nat I the massacre was
Ss TX Eur nr,sn rd mv wa dT ,hem
organized and he fought his way 70 kahu.
lie took with him ipur reEments OF cavalry.
preached Ka6u the Amir came out 10
% os s e% 'Gd d nnd Se1' q the ch. HS
tho actual commander Of thu Afghan forces.
ssp ss Hsinn G nr yn sas sT n rs
bellion against the Amir. but Robert. sus-
pset,d; and later AZ, proved thu The sTmy was
Soandsi Tho Hishsns EFT 300 S dead behind Behind
is,ie Of the Aighans that ono. they had been
well whipped thsr forces disintegratsd and IL
was months before they were ready to hght
N. troops stayed in Kabul through the win
ter while Justice was being measured out to
IN the fortified place tho Prince had prepared
1907 n STa no sR si os 'ksssssu
general H.sng uO,.ns ssfGs: HIM i
reach him, His situation grew steadily
worse, and his hrieadss were several times
se.a out Of saSu ana s0 had TAX. reas.
the snerpur, fortress. The Afghsns made a
il aud Dec. - On The last day the garrison.
which had greatly d discouraged the Afghans by
the soHnrss and 1s.fsnsI, Of the d.i;nss
fortress, turned the fank Of tho bssiegers aud
raised the siege. The Afghan forces dls!nte-
There we're only few scattered skirmish.s
until the following July Roberts was prerar-
reached Kabul OF disaster TO the forces OF
Gen Burlows near kapt,hnr. burrows had
2S.6o0 caasRt p him at MnrWs s on u Suiy ~
1880. Burrows's ammunition gave out and hs
lost ! T.. men. The remainder escsped 70
Toyernmsn, to take bis Ksbn fore. and dI 90 to
iU'o66 men Rotsf,. "it KaSui on AYE HrS' ~
tor mote than month no nSrs from
tdTus. that he had reiisSed the kandsSar s s"r
tered summary .hmsn, to IN. Afghan
arrangemsnts were nsds for the Installation
o. Ahdur Rahman az Amir: he was favored by
the passes open ami protect British residents.
Roberts took his army back to India.
zuLus suBDUEp.
The Zulus. with their tremendous military
system, we're a constant menace TO the security
1873 they were a, war With the BosT In
sion was sent to invite Cetswayo. ths Zulu
chie'. to give mp his military organization 70
FL. SUBJ .ts pay mes wSsnsvsr ,hsy behaved a
badly. The Invitation was made an utimatum.
GfstsuaIy,2S d.clsrsa for wal, and on Dec; u
toward Clandi the captsi. The Zulus sur.
prissd two bnttaIions ~ British troops with
1917. ant utterly isstroyes them. Al Roshcs
RrLtt and a, E;ows tie Zggs weTo repused;
until b. had an army of 5000 6eiors raj he e vent
back on March r. The Iulus n.ssp ted the
sHn Sh ~, s.sne ns an!
ara d. di.1D,. ended ia q" aaS,h.S ss,i st% at
des,royed. Sir Garnet Noise ~ ,cSpiured
CetewAyo who was taken to England and
exhibited there
FIRST BoEE WAR.
The Zulu raids on the Beers in 1877 started
The . nr, Iva war that Eugand had with ,h. Eqers.
iroa .ha zuiu.. ii. 10 .tsa the E"siish 'I ias
Brs s sfS as SSf So. r.. TscTse
dent. ssli.reliant. brave. sent deputations to
EEnsd to RrS;ss asasss T.s
4 ;ds rs; +. on De u issS sr":
arm: Ru i. .ya dsencs do SH.lah he v afs
On Dec. 20 he was met by Paul de Beer with
body OF mounted Beers. Anstruthsr was
warned that advance, by him would be com
adhered an act Of war. lie said his orders were
to 20 to Pretoria, and he was gong. In ten
minutes tho battle OF Bronkhorst Spruit was
over, Anstruthar lost 100 men, including all
his officers, and surren,iorsd. The marks.
man,hip and tho tx II OF the Beers in
soliciting positions again defeated the Eng
llsh Mt Laing's Mex and at lnCago
on Feb, -. 1881. came the slaughter
of haJuha Hill, whore the Roer sNarpslooIcrs
picked OF tho officers SO fast that tho men ran
around helplessy like sheep without leader |
Sir George Colley WAS killed Just as he was
acknowledging his defeat by giving tho orders
TO cease irng. The pending negotiations be.
tween Eng and an the Beers were settled on |
the Eoer basis, greatly to tho chaerIn of tho
army Lord iloherts, who arrived too late 10
take part IN tho fight, spoke the army senti;
ment. when he said that was "a peace. alasl
without honor. 70 which may be attributed tho |
recent regtettable state Of afairs in the Trans
vaal tho jameson raid "a state Of aiIAirs
which was forsssen and predicted by many at
the timo. vs'ay Mt Cape Town was limited
TO twsnty-four hours. the Government being
apparently IA anxious to get mo away from
Africa rs they had been 10 hurry me out
there
bURMAH ASNEXED,
. King Thehaw q Burmah. when he ascsnded
his throne in 1879, concluded that the presence
OF EugllBn rIlUpTa and "A british naaI,I.nt no..