Entry into Cabul.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 3009, 9 December 1879, Page 2

Entry into Cabul.

WHOLESALE SHOOTING OF, THE PEOPLE.

BOMBAY, November7th..,.; . The Ameer of Afghanistan, in stating: his determination to abdicate, said he iutended to do so earlier but was persuaded against it. Major-General Roberts requested him" to reconsidor his decision,, but without : avail. '; Major-General Roberts has taken tho :; necessary preliminary measures fof maintain- M ing order, and for carrying on the admiiiis-^; tration of Afghanistan. Cabul was formally occupied by th 0,..., British on the 12th October; all prisonei?7 taken bearing arms being summardy shot:;;. causing-people to become thoroughly cowec.^ and submissive. General Roberts declared 7; that the city would be spared, andi'OgJgfig such buildings as interfered with miliW : observations from the cantonments and to Bala Hissar would be razed, i CaW has been placed under military government, and martial law proclaimed in the city We for ten miles round. Every persoh^fonaa carrying arms in the city,' or |within five ;I miles, will be shot. Rewards are being', olfored for the capture of the men concerned | in the attack on the Residency.: ! j The mutiny is stated to have been organ-;;; ised by the most trusted officers .of the m Ameer, who himself is regarded with I tho m greatest suspicion, and is now virtually Wm prisoner, under a strong English ghj&jj Altogether, 100 guns and a large quantity o . ammunition have been captured by General ■ Roberts at Cbarissa and Cabul. Boadis*. was totally destroyed oh the 16th October g by a series of violent explosions of ™*?8M zincs. There is no reason for attributing the explosions to treachery. ' Capt. bhattp, of the Royal Artillery, and some tlnrty-nrc Sepoys were kiUed. ; General Roberts' proclamation, to -t-ne i, people of Afghanistan states that the Ameer,; having of his own free will abdicated; ana left Afghanistan without a GovcrhmemY m § consequence of the shameful outrage on the Embassy, the British Government is coin- 7 pelled by iorce of arms to occupy Cainu, ;. and take military possession of other parts -;| of Afghanistan. The British Government now commands that all Afghan authorities •..*., in the chief sirdaries shall continue, WS&m functions in maintaining order, and aesia the people to be treated with benevolence, and their religious feelings and custom

_■_■—= . - respected. The services of those.assisting ia the preservation of order will be recompensed, but all disturbers of the peace will meet with condign punishment. The British Government, after cor.saltation with those representing the interests and wishes of the various provinces and cities, will declare its will as to future permanent arrangements for the government of the people. The mutinous troops who were entrenched behind the Bala Hissar, retreated towards Turkestan after General Roberts' victory at Cbarista, The attitude of the tribes still continues most unsatisfactory. Executions of those implicated in the fittacic on the Residency continue to' take place daily. General Roberts' column was attacked by the Ghilzais, but after a sharp action the enemy were repulsed with considerable loss. The British on Shutargardan, uarrewly escaped being invested by Ghilzais, and sharing the fate of Major Cavagnari and his party. The timely arrival of Gough:s force from Rusk saved tbe position. Hughes's force will withdraw to Kandahar, leaving a small garrison at Khelat-i-Ghilzai. The Jellalabad column continues to advance without opposition and established communication with Cabul.

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