ANGLO-INDIAN EMPIRE.
THE MANIPUR RISING. IDNITBD PRKB9 ASSOCIATION. • Calcutta, Ist April. Some anxiety is felt for the safety of 80 Ghoorkas, who are _adv<mciog on Manipnr under command of Lieutonant Grant. General Grant commands the yunitiTO ex* pedition. Latest. REASON ASSIGNED FOR THE ATTACK. SAFETY OF COWLEY'S COLUMN. THE MISSING OFFICERS ALIVE. t UNITED FBXBS ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 2, 10 50 a.m.) Calcutta, Ist April. Mesera. Quinton (Chief Comnvsfioner of Assam) and Grimwood (British Resident at Manipur) and Colonel Skene aro prisoners, Mrs. Grim^ocd, three offioora, and fifteen more Ghoorkas are reported to bare escaped. The War Office havo hopes that the bulk of tho main escort, with the cavalry and Lieut. Grant's company, are still entrenohed. Tho attaok on the troops is attributed to fear of annexation by the natives, who have beoomo very restive ot lato. Later. Captain Cowloy's column is safo, and it is boliovod all the missing offioers are alive.
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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 77, 2 April 1891, Page 2
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154ANGLO-INDIAN EMPIRE. Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 77, 2 April 1891, Page 2
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