INDIA.
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE RISING IN MANIPUT. MASSACRE OF A GHOORKA FORCE. EIGHT BRITISH OFFICERS AND A COMMISSIONER KILLED. (per press association.) Calcutta, March 30. Four hundred and seventy Ghoorkas and eight British officers, commanded by a Commissioner from Assam, were destroyed while attempting to quell the rising against the Rajah of Maniput. The Commissioner was summoned to Durban to secure the arrest of the rebel chiefs, and the following night the camp was attacked. Tne camp was successfully defended for two days when the supply of cartridges became exhausted. The force then became scattered. A few of the fugitives have reached Assam, but it is feared the remainder have been massacred. A fresh expedition from Assam has been despatched against the rebels.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 996, 3 April 1891, Page 28
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124INDIA. New Zealand Mail, Issue 996, 3 April 1891, Page 28
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