THE MANIPUR DISASTER
FATE OF THE BRITISH OFFICERS. REVOLTING ATROCITIES. HACKED TO PIECES AND EATEN BY DOGS. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright Calcutta, April 13. Revolting details have come to hand of the fate of the persons captured by the Manipuris. Commissioner Quinton, two officers, and a bugler were hacked to pieces, and their mutilated bodies thrown outside the walls of Tamu and devoured by dogs. Mr. Grimwood and two other officers were shot, and their bodies similarly treated. Lieutenant Grant's ammunition was almost exhausted when he was relieved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8540, 14 April 1891, Page 5
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87THE MANIPUR DISASTER New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8540, 14 April 1891, Page 5
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