ENGLAND & RUSSIA. [BY TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] ENGLAND'S PREPARATIONS. HERAT TO BE GARRISONED. A RUSSIAN INSULT. London, July 12.
[SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION .] London, July 13.
It is announced tint the <}o\ eminent have lesohed to extend the Quc!tt:i-Pi«ihiii Kailway :>s far as the; Khoj.iek Pass in the direction of (Jandahar. Intel li^pnco from Central Asia states that consider.ihle Itussian leinforceinents continue to advance on Sarakh.s.
Fifteen thousand men, armed -\\ ii li breech-loaders, will garrison Herat, and a large number of he.ivy guns arc being sent for the fortification of the town. The Russians have flogged a clei k in the, employ of the British Consul at Kesh, a town 30 miles south of Samareand. The cause of the outrage was the refusual of tho clerk to divulge certain information regarding the English Afghan frontier agents.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2032, 16 July 1885, Page 2
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133ENGLAND & RUSSIA. [BY TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] ENGLAND'S PREPARATIONS. HERAT TO BE GARRISONED. A RUSSIAN INSULT. London, July 12. [SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, July 13. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2032, 16 July 1885, Page 2
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