REBELLION IN ASSAM
(BY ELECTRIC TELEUUAI'H. — COPYRIGHT.) Calcutta, April 1 Rewards have been ottered for the capture of the Regent. The officers of the British detachment who were captured by the Manipurs were speared and dismembered in the presence of the whole of the force. The Mohaniedan mollahs on the frontier are pleaching a .Tehad against the British. The bungle in connection with Lieutenant Grant's ammunition when he was besieged at Tlional was duo to the fact that the reserve at the residency wa-s only intended for Mar-liui-Heiiry rifles. On file arrival of Commissioner Quin(< m's escort, it was found they were armed with Sniders, and consequently the reserve stoolc was of no use to tlieiu. Details to hand show that Mrs Grimwood, wife of the British Resident at Manipur, acted with great heroism after the evacuation of the Residency, and it was mainly through her guidance that the refugees were enabled to make their escape. The punitive exhibition on its way to Manipur is 1000 strong. April IG. Lieut. Pressgrave defeated ;JOO Maiiipurs, .30 of whom wore killad.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2927, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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179REBELLION IN ASSAM Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2927, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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