Destruction of an Army in India and the Elphinstone Debate
A critical, condemnatory examination of the Afghan disaster at Cabul and the conduct of General Elphinstone. The piece questions officer selection, leadership, and British policy, blaming incompetence and urging decisive action to defend India’s empire amid calls for reform and stronger command. It compares the catastrophe to Moscow and stresses need for capable successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Tuckett
Struth
India House
Shin Downing-street
Jellalabad
Cabul
Lord Auckland
Elphinstone
Lord Keane
Shah Soojah
William M‘naghten
Cabul Pears
Uder
India
Scotland
Sale
England
Robert Sale
Ita
Bul
Jeilalabad
Ulery
Burdon
Ilalabad
Moscow
Ugh
Queen Draws Room and Bath Investiture at Buckingham
The Queen held a drawing room with Prince Albert, life guards, and full state entourages leaving Buckingham Palace for St James's. A royal ceremony vested multiple officers with the Order of the Bath in a grand investiture, followed by a large public gathering for the laying of a New Mint at Winsor with thousands in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Life Guards
Buckingham Palace
St. James's
St. James’s Street
Piccadilly
Order of the Bath
Mr. Hunter
Duke of Wellington
George Cockburn
Lord Heytesbury
Sir George Murray
Picture Gallery
Duke of Sussex
Order
Sir Howard Douglas
Bart
Bath King of Arms
Howard
Sir John Talbot
Algernon Greville
Albert William Woods
Sir John Wilson
Sir William Woods
K.H
Mr. Woods
John
John George Woodford
Charles Richardson
Arthur Farquhar
Muitany Curren
Winpsos
Windsor
Eton
Dr. Hodgson
W. More
W. Canning
Hawtrey
J. Gosset
Edward Coleridge
W. G. Cookesley
G. J. Dupuis
T. Carter
J. C. Evans
J. Ludlow
W. H. Biedermann
R. Govett
S. Hawtrey
H. J. Cooper
J. Gore
W. L. Rham
N. Brown
F. Vayles
W. Bowyer
R. M. Boulther
W. Ward
Vote on Election Petitions Near Steady Recap in Marlow
In Great Marlow a Thursday session examined petitions for election disputes. Witness Gibbons testified as the committee weighed detention verdicts and a good vote. Thomas Callett’s stance remained undecided when the committee adjourned, leaving a one vote majority unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow
Gibbons Titence
King Coyle
Thomas Callett
Mysterious disappearance and death of a young lady
A Somerset village case reports Miss Stabbine of Worle leaving to check the locked street door, her purse and cloak found on a table, and her body later recovered from the river Yeo five miles away. She was twenty seven, described as very fair, with no cause given for her departure. The Bath Journal notes the event alongside local notices and humorous items from Worcester and London papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stabbine
Worle
Somerset
Shaw
John Cox
Yeo
Worcester
Worcester Herald
Devonshire
Peel Ministry
N.B
Peel
Globe
Berkshire
Newbury
W. Clark
Crookham
Hollmandel
George IV
Prince of Wales
72D Regiment
Poplar
Blackwail-pier
Herne-bay
Canterbury
India
Rome
Cardinal del Drago
Duke of Buccleuch
Wellington
Graham
Lord Hill
Saunders
Scotch Paper
Fortifications rise as Chinese defend Canton area
Canton and surrounding river defenses are being strengthened with rapid fortifications, earthen works, and river obstructions aided by European engineers. The British report extensive Chinese preparations while noting limited action due to reduced forces at Hong Kong and expectations of fresh troops. Dr Brydon, lone survivor of the Cabal army, recounts a brutal retreat from Jellalabad, detailing wounds, losses, and perilous escape across hostile terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sale
Sturt
Cabul
Hamilton
Akhbar Khan
Anderson
Boyd
Mainwaring
Lughnan
Allalabad
Mahomed Shah Khan Ghilzie
Nawab Jabbar Khan
Jugdulluck
Jeéllalabad
Tazeen
Elphinstone
Shelton
Johnson
Akhbar
Jellalabad
Sule
Arquetil
Her Majesty
35Th
Bengal Native Infantry
Hopkins
Harper
Collyer
Bird
Steer
Brydon
Futtiabad
Dr. Brydon
Kilmutgar
Fifth Cavalry
Rissaldar
Ewart
54Th Native Infantry
Lieut. Sturt
Bengal Engineers
Duff
Bryce
5Th Light Cavalry
Macartney
Cardew
Mahammed Akhbar
Pottinger
Lawrence
Mackenzie
48Th
M.N. S
Troup
Waller
Hay
Mein
Eyre
Ryley
Magrath
Wade
M‘naghten
Trevor
Griffiths
37Th Native Infantry
Souter
Her Majesty's 44Th
Futoo
Berwick and
Balfour
Evans
Fatoo
M‘gregor
Lughman
Mohammed Akhbar
Jabber Khan
Jubber Khan
Shah Soojah
Teeran Khan
Shah Zeman
la Jammed Akhbar
Affghans
Conelly
Lufter Jung
Candahar
Ata Mahomed
Mahomed Akhbar Khan
W. M‘noghten
Alexander Barnes
Azeez Khan
General Sale
Wild
Khyber Pass
Lochanah
W. H. M‘naghten
Mackeril
Her Majesty's 44Th Regiment
Oliver
5Th Regiment Native Infantry
Alexander Burnes
Bombay Army
54Th Regiment of Native Infantry
Bellew
Swayne
Robinson
Ditto
Macrae
Codrington
4Th Shhaol’s
Broadfoot
Spottiswoode
Schah
Westmacott
Paton
Mackintosh
3D Light Cavalry
Woodburn
44Th Native Infantry
Raban
Her Majesty’s
Rattray
Golding
Jan Bazhorse
Wheeler
Laing
27Th Regiment of
Native Infantry
Walker
Barnes
Ensign Salisbury
Ensign Gordon
Ensign St. George
37Th
Ensign Macartney
Madras
Shah’s 2d Infantry
Horse Artillery
Macgrath
E. R. Cardew
Sate
Lady Sale
Capt. Sturt
Shhah
Andersen
Delhi
Peshawar
Ferozepore
Umritsh
Eldrid Pottinger
Sreekishendas
Mugniram
Heera
Cabal
Ghuznee
Palmer
Sufter Jung
Mahommed Atta
Nott
Calcutta
Affghan
Herreana Light Infantry
Lord Ellenborough
Canton
Shaming
Denton
Macao Passage
Whampoa
Salt Junk River
Hong Kong
Madras Native Infantry
Bengal
Her
Jupiter
Cornwallis
Chusan
Palawan
Macao
China
ArroHanistay
Tom
Lieut. Bird
Willam Bryrpon
P.S
Fricutro Accident and Odd Disturbances Report
A string of emergencies from a mill accident in Egerton to a near-dock churchyard incident at St Bennett’s. Mary Rothwell, 18, died when a shaft entangled her clothes, tearing her body. Two women, Mary Cray and Ann Hallett, suffered severe injuries after jumping from a window onto iron spikes at Fish Street Hill. Also reported: a Kensington gravel pits coroner’s inquest into Mary Ann Butcher’s death deemed temporary insanity. A separate murder in Anglesea and arson in Thorney with a £100 reward were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fricutro
Messrs
Bolton Chronicle
Morris
City Police
Fish Street Hill
St. Bennett's
Croft
Isaac Worley
Monument Hotel
Fish-street-hill
Mary Cray
Ann Haslett
Ann Hallett
St. Thomas's Hospital
T. Wakley
Feathers
High-road
Kensington
Mary Ann Butcher
Londonplace
Wildbore
Anglesea
Newport
Nenagh Guardian
Police
George Thompsom
Thorney
Yorkshire
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Wilde
Henry Hardinge
Her Majesty's Drawing Room
Affghanistan
Breadfoot
Trosp
Skinner
Drummond
W. H. M.naghten
Skelton
Nicholl
Balla Hissar
Commissariat
Indus
Baila Hissar
Osman Khan
Conolly
Dost Mahommed
Mahommed Akhbar Khan
Cabui
Thither
Lawrence, Trevor
Eine Mahommed
Sabul
Huffi Kobul
William M.naghten
Major Pottinger
R. Sale
Walsh
52A
3D Cavalry
Webb
38Th
Airie
Connolly
Warburton
Khoord Cabul
Ry Sale
Herbert Compton
Bombay
Amoy
Hong-chow-foo
Ningpo
Canton Press
Keshen
Hong Chow-Foo
Henry
Pekin
Hongchow-foo
Yih-King
Hongchow-feo
Yihishan
Chekeang Province
Muhchang
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