ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
[eetjteb's telegrams.] LONDON, September 25. ShippingArrived—Ships Arabella from Lyttelton and Lencadia from Bluff. War. The " Times" to-day publishes telegrams from Afghanistan confirming the announcement of the defeat of Ayoub Khan at Candahar, and further stating that the Ameer Abdnr Rahman intends to follow up his success, and is preparing to march upon Herat. The South African Difficulty. The " Standard " of this morning publishes a telegram from the Cape announcing that the Transvaal Volkstraad has refused to ratify the convention agreed to last month between the Royal Commissioners and the Boer leaders. CALCUTTA, September 25. War. Official telegrams have been received by the Government of India confirming the news received yesterday of the defeat of Ayoub Khan by the Ameer at Candahar. The battle was, however, fought on Friday, and not on Saturday last, but was, as previously reported, of a most sanguinary character. For fnlly five hours the most desperate fighting took place, and great loss was inflicted on both sides. The Ameer's troops have partially plundered Candahar, which has been completely evacuated by Ayoub Khan.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2335, 27 September 1881, Page 3
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