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On entering the city, General Roberta made a 

 speech to the etlVrt that it would he necessary 

 to intlict severe punishment. Buildings of the 

 Halu-Hissar and of the city interfering with 

 proper military occupation would he destroyed. 

 A heavy line would be levied on the citizens. 

 A military governor would be placed over the 

 city and country within a nidi us of ten miles. 

 All the inhabitants under his jurisdiction would 

 be required to surrender their arms within a 

 week, on pain of death if they failed to do so. 



Rewards would be paid for the denunciation 

 and conviction of any person concerned in the 

 massacre of the British embassy. General 

 Hill was appointed military governor of Cabool. 

 A visit was made soon after the British col- 

 umn had entered Cabool to the place where 

 the massacre of the members of the residency 

 took place. The premises had been plundered 

 of everything valuable, and the embassy build- 

 ing destroyed by fire. The bodies of Major 

 Cavagnari and Surgeon Kelly were found 



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buried under a heap of charred, half-consumed 

 logs of wood, beneath the ruins in front of 

 the embassy. The visiting diary of Major 

 Oavagnari was found in the Ameer's palace. 

 About this time Yakoob Khan announced his 

 intention to abdicate. General Roberts ad- 

 vised him to consider the matter, but he said 

 that he had intended to take that step earlier, 

 but was dissuaded, and would now adhere to 

 his resolution. It accordingly became neces- 

 sary for General Roberts to make provisional 



arrangements for maintaining order and carry- 

 ing on the internal administration of the coun- 

 try. An investigation was instituted into the 

 cause and circumstances of the outbreak of 

 September 3d. Important papers were dis- 

 covered tending to implicate one of the Khans, 

 and a court-martial was formed for the trial of 

 persons against whom evidence was found. 

 The father-in-law of the Ameer, the ex-Gov- 

 ernor of Cabool, and the Minister of Finance 

 were put under close arrest. Five men were 



