JALALABAD IS REDUCED TO RUINS
EIGHT HUNDRED KILLED IN FORT MAGAZINE BLOWN UP AND TOWN LOCTED (Received 10.15 a.m.) DELHI, February 14. The forces ot AD Ahmed Jem, whlo was procallmedl ruler of Jalalabad, were defeated by K'hugiaiii ami ►Shinwari IrUbesiuß'ii, who looted! the camp of lilies, ammunition and! money, and reduced Jalalabad to ruins.
They also sacked Jagdalak. There was heavy lighting at Jalalabad Fort where the magazine exploded and 'eight hundred were killed or injured. Ahmed lied. It is generally? thought Amanullah will not attempt to regain the throne. —Aus- ' tralian Press Assn.
(Jalalabad is a fortified town of about 4000 population, and is situated near the Kabul River in the vicinity of the Kyber Pass. It is midway between Kabul and Peshawar. The town was.the scene of a magnificent defence against the Afghans fo r 5 months in 1842 by a British force under Sir Robert Sale.)
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 37, 15 February 1929, Page 5
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