The camp moves on Monday to Aremba Karez, Ce force joins to-morrow, you Monday. labor news, the concentrating everything about He has made a speech to the tovops, and says that as soon as he gets the promised Russ ney, he will join the force at Kandahar are dis-half their pay is to be in grain, and the other half in the promised money, The weather is clearing up. The health of troops is good. A Proncer telegram frou. Quetta, of the 9th, says that Major Sandeman, Captain Hanna, the Sarawan and Jalawan Durani chiefs, and an escort of the Sind horse made " successful reconnaissance to the crest of the Cojuck Pass, and that all is favourable for progress.
Lahore, 9th Dec.
Colonel Watson is to have an Evglish staff and a native contingent, to be distributed between Jamrvod and 'A movement on Jellalabad has bee resolved on. Accord-formation received from Dhaka, on Mir Akhor was at Peshboluk, Part capture, but be escaped to the wher parts of the Safed Koh Range, Some sickness prevails among the native troops, but the British are very healthy.
Bombay, 9th Dec, 'The strength of the Ah Musjid garrison' is tillery, two field 5 ink ix regiments containing 2,500 men armed with Entields; levies, six ards containing GOO mew; total, about 00 meu and 24 guns. The guns were all captured. 's cavalry were fired ato ly the guides as they galloped down the Jost many men and horses. Of the try only one regiment got away with their arm captured and d armed by the guides, the rest were plundered by the Afridis, Zabburdust Killa, through Thu!l, 9th Dec.
At the Powar affair the enemy were compl-rely demoralized. Their guna were in excellent condition, and the ammunition admirably made. Had they a general with avy strategic skill, 20,000 men would not have accomplished what our small force has done, Our loss, had it not been for the cover of the felled trees and boulders, would have been immense, It ie difficult to conceive why the enemy neglected removing the trees and loose stones below their positions, and why they had only three guns at the top of thie hur Pass, It is probable they only half believed ix the possibility of a turning movement being attempted, and had no conception of the weight of our forces being swung round to their flank and rear by the Spinghur route. Yhe stockades they they threw up were excellent, but not of a nature to offer serious obstruction. They fought most resolutely.
and again they came down from the hills and attempted to retake with sword and bayonet their stockades. Since the battle 1 have gone round the position held by the enemy. Their natural strength is marvellous, "That we succeeded is marvellous, considering the wretchedly small force we had. General Roberts had practically only one European regiment, the wing of the 72ud and the Sth, and it is impossible to follow the battle along the course of the country fought over without being amazed at the brilliant success achieved; but to reap the full effects of this crushing blow iu-Hicted we must have more troops. The number of the enemy killed is not known, Behind the barricades at the top of the Spingbur Poss furry-tw bodies were counted, and on the hill about 100 men must have fallen, The youthful appearance of the enemy's dead Was susprisin. the average age being not much above 20. All the bodies were stripped by Jajis, and the dead on Pewar Kothal were slashed and hacked when we came up. Some of the enemy's troops were dressed very much like the 20th on the Spinghur Pass, "and were led by o flaxen haired wan, who wore a head-dress somewhat like a Glengarry cap. The artillery at Kath was well served. At Jun Top Pass the gun ners were picked off one by one by our rifle. men, with the exception of one gallant fellow, who served his gun almost to the last and then attempted to take it off. The troops appeared to be commanded by aman who rode gu a grey horse, and displayed great gallantry, He was eererely wounded, bub aot captured, Mr. Macpherson, the special correspondent of thie Standard, is prostrate frou fever, and has been removed to the field Lospital. The lesson our side isuow ascertained to hi 2, men 18; wounded, 2 officers General Roberts wad at Alikhel on the 6th and Rokeiar on the 7th and is proceeding with reconnoitring party towards Shutargardan, Phe wet and snow are holding off, but the cold is severe, It is probable that the column will not advance beyond Shutargardan, and with the exception of the 28th, wil return to although friendly in pro-fare not eager to supply provisions, be fortified for the winter, A Ghilzai reports that Wali Muhammad been sent by the Ameer from Cabul to take the command of the troops at Pewar and to the Ghilzaie, but was met and turned back by fugitives from Pes Roiaw, through Thull, 10th Dee, We arrived hero yesterday, and march to day for Hizan, 1b is not anticipated that there will be much opposition from the Shutargarden detachment. The Jajia think the result is doubtful, and hesitate to bring in Pyerisioue and dewand exorbitant prices, they have seized and concealed an intense amount of stores. From Alikbal the route into the Korum will be explored when At Quetta rumours are increasing about a fore from Herat having arrived at Kaudahar, A private of the 70th has been stabbed eleven times by a Kandabari. Captain Molyneux, of the Transport, las shot himself Shalypure; he was temporarily insane, reverted at Dadur that troops are moving up as they arrive, Bombay, 11th Dec, in replying to the ultimatum, regard to the expression
character of the Mission, and the goodwill of wy tu refering t9 the friendly the Britich Government, that he leaves it to His Excellency, whose windom and justice are universally admitted, to decide whether any reliance can be placed upon goodwill, if it be evidenced by words only; hut if, on the other hand, goodwill really consiste of deeds and actions, then it had not been wauifested by the various wishes expressed and the proposals made Ly the British officials during the last few years to the officials of this "*God-granted. Govermnent," proposals with which, Crow their nature, it would be impossible tu comply.
'One of the proposals referred to the undutiful ad ill-starred wretch, Ma-bounned Yakoob Khan, and was contains ed in x letter addressed to the British Agent then residing at Cabul, and who had written in a letter that' if Yakoob jan were released our friendship with the Afghan Government would be firmly cemented, vut otherwise not.
The are several other grounds of complaint of a similar nature which contain no evidence but which un the contrary are creasing the aversion and aptes Leusion sleeely entertained by the subjects of the God-granted Government.
The Ameer denies that he was actuated by feelings of direct hostility to the Britien Government in refusing to receive a mission at Cabal; but says riy officials were afraid its arrival would affect the independence of his Government and annihilate the friendship existing between the two Governments.
He next refers to the Viceroy's doctoration to bold him (the Auer) responsible for any injury which might befall the guides of the Mission, and says that had hia apprehensions proved groundless and the object of the Mission been really friendly and no force or thie.ts of violence used, they would, as a matter of course, have been allowed' free-passage, as suck missions are customary and Of frequent occurrence between allied states.
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