FORTIFICATION OF HERAT OBJECTED TO.
ARTILLEEY *O THE FBpttt ;: spaeiit : H6 press asssociatiow. ■■'-;•. : : 'i '"'.■;'• '""' Lox*nf.y*j 2i, ▲ ;Th»,S^da^«tetes that fiufilsia claims M3feruk, * town aliout 110 miies from Penj' TJeh, m direction. .She alß^ob|e^ t0 jErig&nd forcing Herat, a»4 require*, that ., the Afghan frontier a^Uirentgin uafortified; • The Ameer baa aent* heavy battery to Herat < : Inthc Houae. of Oommons to-day the Marquis otHartington, Secretary of State, mimdiuKsed; in reply to a question; that H«t Majestr'a Govwnment do not deenk it dvnrjable at -the pVeaent juncture to oxphun the n»iaoiij9 : whT the Ouardß haY« b*»n de'tain&i at Alexandria to await ordersi. The ifarquia oif Hartington alsp «d4«dtsai i^o ma«ing of troopa recently ejnpioyedin beuig continued".
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 145, 23 May 1885, Page 3
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111FORTIFICATION OF HERAT OBJECTED TO. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 145, 23 May 1885, Page 3
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