Native Rising in India
I PER UNITED FRESB ASSOCIATION^! Bombay, April 2. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, has received a- report of the recent massacre of Ghoorkas at -Mampur. ' . It, appears that an attempt was being made to arrest the usurper, Jobraj, to which great, resistance was offered. The expedition then retreated to the Residency, which was shelled by the rebels, and Commissioner Qninton and four other Britishers were taken prisoners while parleying. After the cartridges gave out the expedition fought its way across the hill until a junction was made with Captain Crowley, who was at the head of 200 of the 43rd Bengalese. . \ Calcutta, April 3. As far as can be ascertained at present ' the British loss at Manipur was sixteen, while twenty-one were wounded. 106 of the men, however, have not been accounted for.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 121, 4 April 1891, Page 2
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139Native Rising in India Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 121, 4 April 1891, Page 2
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