BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[Reuter’s Agency.j Irish Disturbances. London, August 19. It now transpires that Mr Forster, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has gone to that country with the object of enquiring whether coercive measures are necessary for the suppression of the disorder now prevalent there. In Search of“ Health. It is announced that Mr Gladstone will proceed to Italy or Madeira, in a fortnight’s time, for a change of air. Prussia Inundated. Berlin, August 19. Several storms and floods in Prussia have caused great damage to, and to a large extent destroyed, the growing crops. The Siege of Candahar. Calcutta, August 19. A report comes to hand that Ayoub Khan sent a strong force to attack the Shcrpur Gate of the citadel at Candahar, and heavy firing between the British tooops and the enemy was maintained from morning to evening. The British loss is said to have been trifling.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2319, 23 August 1880, Page 3
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149BRITISH AND FOREIGN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2319, 23 August 1880, Page 3
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