THE SHAH OF PERSIA OFFERS ENGLAND 40,000 TROOPS, AND CANADA 3000.
The Shah of Persia offers England the assistance of 40,000 troops. The offer made by the Canadian Government in March last to send 3000 men to the Soudan has' been renewed, hut' this time for service in Afghanistan. The volunteer reserve in India is 60,000 men. The Black Sea is choked with vessels. A despatch has been receivod from General Koraaroff, dated 6th April, in which he states that after the hostilities on the 30th March, a remnant of the Afghan force fled to Herat. A detachmeut of Russian troops remain at Putikhister Fort, two miles north of Penjdeh. General Komaroff concludes his despatch by stating that any advance is at present needless.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 98, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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124THE SHAH OF PERSIA OFFERS ENGLAND 40,000 TROOPS, AND CANADA 3000. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 98, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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