WAR WITH THE AMEER.

Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 49, 7 December 1878, Page 612

WAR WITH THE AMEER.

The British forces advanced and shelled Alimusjid in the Kyber Pass. The Ameer's troops were strongly posted. The attack was postponed until the remainder of the column arrived. AuJ^Sa** 1 S^ teß that the Britisl > attacked AUmnqid yesterday afternoon. The Afghans evacuUed it last night, after a brisk cannonade. The £ *~ * *• -ming. • 2^. Vlce £°y, of has issued a proclamation a « aiuG \ t }\ P e of Afghanistan, whose £fe^wp WOn , ld J be recognised* and respected! farther, that England would not tolerate the interference of any Power. Bacca has been occupied unopposed. off^&r^r Cnrd «* Kh - ib " -»<*- - Supplies have arrived from all sides, and the Native contingent will shortly rendezvous at Lahore, when its future destination will be settled ' s «™nf¥ a 5?^ all is anxious to send a con. £?lflL £ ® mvading army, but it is considered he will be of great service if he watch the Afghan border •ontiguous to his frontier. ft ooraer The Alid Musjid prisoners have arrived at Pesha- ? e WiH * robab1 ' be dtaES, ***** t0 the c ° sto - °* AfKfanan h rEnglLd. Sked fat ™ b ~ Wa f, Ships have teen" ordered to the squadronof the Admiral of the A despatch from Bombay to London savs t™«™ ir*^*** 8 * to advan ° e *» SgS st thus Afghanistan from a new poiS. * A m«,i ß fK^ P ° *!?*?? ?«««wnß broken out fceved (bat tribea na»b*rta#

have assented. The other tribes, with about 35 000 fighting warriors, remain neutral. ' ,-« J^A™ 8 * H 8 £ l eed his 8on ' Y Khan, who is a noted general, from prison. A dispatch from Darjeeling says 200 men of each regiment at Peshawur, and the horse artillery, with forty powder batteries, nave gone to Tamrood. A dispatch from St. Petersburgh says if the Ameer is beaten, and his territory annexed to England Russia w,U occupy Merv and Balk, near the Afghan borS JEZ^26%? mtM forCe bu4h AfghanembaSSyiS t0 P roceed t0 St.;Peterß- - Ameer's reply to the Viceroy was received and is m substance «Yon may do your worlt, and tne lßsue is m God's hands."