RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.
THE ARMY BEING INCREASED.
INTRIGUES IN AFGHANISTAN. Press Association.— Telegraph.—
St. Petersburg, January 13. Russia is increasing her army by a hundred thousand riflemen, and ten new brigades of artillery. The frontier guards in Turkestan have also been largely reinforced. Calcutta, January 13, A rumour has reached here that Russian agents are persuading Ishak Khan to renew the rebellion against the Ameer, and have promised him assistance.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9261, 15 January 1889, Page 5
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