THE MANIPUR MASSACRE
CAUSES OF THE REVOLT. CHARGES. AGAINST BRITISH OFFICERS. " SEVERE FIGHTING. Press Association.-—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Calcutta, April 9. THE Viceroy of India has received intelligence that Lieutenant Grant is/ still besieged at Thonal. Tliree small columns are rapidly concentrating on Manipur, General Graham being in supreme command. Lieutenant Presgrave's detachment, which had started for Tamu, is reported to be safe. The enemy is preparing to fight ten miles from the capital. It is reported that the British were repulsed at Tamu, and it is feared that Lieutenant Grant has been killed., Later. The usurper, Jobraj, justifies the massacre of British officers and Ghoorkas at Manipur on the grounds of their desecrating temples, and burning to death women and children. Lieutenant Grant has repulsed the Manipuris at Thonal after several hours' fighting, during which Senaparti, who provoked the revolt, and two other chiefs, were killed. The detachment under Lieutenant Presgrave has joined with Lieutenant Grant's force. The natives have declared they will recognise British authority when General "Graham, who is in supreme command of the punitive expedition, advances.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8538, 11 April 1891, Page 5
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