ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS.
[press agency. I GREAT BATTLE IN AFGHAN ISTAN.
THE AFGANS DEFEATED WITH ENORMOUS LOSS.
BRITISH LOSS, 100. LONDON, December. General Roberts has fought a battle at Periwur, and has won a grand victory.
All the guna of tho enemy were capture J. The loss of the enemy was enornioas.
The British loss amounted to 100 men.
Parliament was opened to-day by commission.
The Queen's speech re?rets the necessity of summoning Parliament so early. It states that the hostility of the Amir of Afghanistan obliged the Governor-General of India to send an ultimatum, which was disregarded, and an expedition was directed to cross the frontier. Estimates were being prepared, and after a suitable recess the general measures would be submitted. The Berlin Treaty was being executed.
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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1009, 10 December 1878, Page 2
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127ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS. Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1009, 10 December 1878, Page 2
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