Further Particulars. Calcutta: July 29.
Further details hava come to hand regarding the disaster at Kandahar. General Burrow's brigade, numbering 3000 men, were attacked by Ayoub Kham with a force of 12.000 strong. They lost two guns, and being ontnumbered fled. They were pursued for three miles, and became straggling, arriving in dribblets, at Kandahar. General Primrose, commanding at Eandahar, wit hi a force of 2,000 men, took refuge in the citadel. The wires were cut by the enemy, which prevented General Primrose from sending for re nforcements. General Phayre and Sandman are nowconcentrating their forces on the Bolan Pass.
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Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1262, 31 July 1880, Page 3
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100Further Particulars. Calcutta: July 29. Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1262, 31 July 1880, Page 3
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