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Show (jffiTHN U' A S KILLED. After Being Taken Prisoner the Cora- j missioner Was Massacred by the i Infuriated Natives. THE POUT TAKEN BY ASSAULT, Eighty Indian Troops Drove Out the Garrison of 900 Mer, but Fears for j Taeir Safety Are Entertained. j i i IUNtiooy, April 4. Nativesof Mani- i pur have arrived here aud report that ; Chief Commission James W. (jiiiuton, I taken prisoner at the time of themassa- i ere, was, together with a party of otlieers w ho accompanied him, killed on the tirst day of the fighting, Cai.ci ita, April 4. Further details concerning the capture of Fort Thabat, near Manipur, the scene of the recent massacre of tho British force, which i carried tho works by assault, as-sault, numbered only eighty In- j dian troops. The garrison of j of the fort was composed of lino Mam- i purs, hut tho onslaught of the British t w as so lierco that the Manipurs lied in wild disorder. Reinforcements have i been dispatched, but it is feared the I Manipurs will return and attack the! iiritish detachment in full force before the reinforcements can reach the scene j of the trouble. C'Ai.i't tta. April 4. Information reached here this afternoon I tint Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Grant's light force of Indian troops were now confronted by a large force of Manipuris, who in addition to being well armed with rifles have several liehi puns. It is feared Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Grant's force will be anihilated unless reinforcement is hurried forward. |