20 SEPTEMBER 1879, page 1

It Is Only Just, As The Govern I It Is

only just, as the Govern i Government is blamed for all failures, to admit that in South Africa t has attained a complete military success. The power of the Zulu organisation......

The Afghan War Is Growing. The Idea Of A Rush

has been given up, and the two invading columns of the Koorum and of the Khyber are each to be raised to 12,000 men. The general plan is, that as 80011 as transport can be......

News Of The Week •

• S IR GARNET WOLSELEY'S determined persistence has been rewarded. Cetewayo was captured on August 28th, in the south-eastern corner of Zululand, by a detachment of the 1st......

The Disposal Of Cetewayo Is A Somewhat Difficult Matter. He

has fought us fairly, according to his lights, and we have no right whatever to punish him. We have, however, according to international practice, a right to detain him for a......

The News Was Telegraphed By Cable From Cape Town To

Mozambique, and thence forwarded by steamer, via Zanzibar, to Aden. The next division of the cable, from Mozambique to Zanzibar, will be finished next week; and by mid-October,......

Nothing Like An Authoritative Or Trustworthy Account Of...

Afghanistan has yet been published, but after collat- ing the official and independent stories, we believe the following to be near the truth. Yakoob Khan found Cavagnari much......

The Correspondent Of The Standard, Telegraphing From All...

the Peiwar Pass on Thursday s evening, announces that a terrible outbreak has occurred at Herat,—probably on Monday, the last day of Ramazan, but the date is not given ;—that......

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