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tinCtions, one medal only will be --presented, and such
medal will be inscribed Candahar, Ghitznee, 1842."
Major-General Nott will transmit to the Governor-
General nominal lists-of the several general officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates se emitted re-
spectively.
8. Major-General Pollock will transmit to the Gover-
nor-General a nominal list of the general Officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates, present in action with
the enemy in 'the several operations of his army leading
to the occupation of Caubul, and to every person named
in such list a silver medal will be presented inscribed
. .
" Caubul,
of these several medals will be inscribed
the
reverse 1842."
the words " Victoria, Vindex."
9. To every officer, non-commissipned,-officer, and
private, present within Khelat-i-Ghilzie, and forming
part of the garrison thereof during the late investment
and blockade of that fort, will be presented a silver medal
bearing a mural crown, with the superscription' of
" Kelat-i-Ghilzie," and on the reverse the word "Invicta,
1842."
Captain J. H. Craigie, late commandant of the fort of
Khelat-i-Ghilzie will transmit to.Major-General.Nott
nominal list of the officers, non-commissionedofficers, and
privates, so present in Klielat-i-Ghilzie, ands° entitled to
the medal above granted, and to every person named in
such list, when sanctioned by Major-General Nott, the
medal will be given,
10. All the medals above-mentioned are to be worn
suspended to a riband similar to that which will be given
with the Jellalabad medal, 'Which will be' henceforth the
military riband of India.
11. The regimental colours of the regiment of Klielat-
i-Ghilzie will be composed of three colours Of the military
ribaud oflndiatand in the centre thereof will be inscribed
e word " Khelat-i-Ghilzie."
2. The Governor-Generi!l will, after communication

with, and in conjunction with his Excellency the Com-
mander-in-Chief, represent to the authorities in Eng-
land the high services. rendered by the officers of her
Majesty's and of the Indian army, :in the operations of
the present campaign in Affghanistan, in order that: they
may be duly submitted to the gracious consideration of
her Majesty.
13. Medals similar to those presented to the general
officers, officers, non-commissiuped officers, and privates
of the Indian army, will be pro red for the general offi-
cers; officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of
her Majesty's army having respectively, similar claims to
the honour of wearing such medals ; but the authority
to wear such medals dependi upon her Majesty's most
gracious pleasure.
The regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie will be completed to
800 privates by draughts from the other corps of the late
Shah Soojah's service, as detailed below ; the European
commissioned officers and staff sergeants now serving with
it will continue to hold their present appointments.' acd
the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers
their present rank.
The detail of the late 6th Regiment--viz., I Subadar,
1 Jemadar, 4 Havildars, 6 Naicks, and 38 Sepoys, which
formed
.part of the Jellalabad garrison, will be incorpo-
rated with the extra regiment ; and the Ist, 2d, and sth
Regiments of the late Shah's infantry will each furnish
the necessary number of Sepoys for Captain Craigie's

corps.
In consequence of this measure it will be necessary to
modify the scale of distribution of the infantry portion of
the Shah's force, as notified in the Governor-General's
order of the 19th of June last, and to admit of this being
effected the officers now in command of the Ist, 2d, and
sth Regiments of the late Shah's force will, immediately
on the receipt of this order, forward-to the Adjutant-
, General of the army a present state of their respective
corps; and his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is
requested to give the necessary orders for draughtin°
the remaining native commissioned, non-commissioned
officers, drummers, and Sepoys, into- Native Infantry
corps of the line, according to the principle Paid down in
the Governor-General's order above quoted.
The following is to be considered the establishment of
the extra regiment of Native Infantry :—A Commandant,
a Second in Command, an Adjutant, a Quartermaster, a
Sergeant-Major, a Quartermaster-Sergeant, 8- Suhadars,
8 Jemadars, 40 Havildars, 40 Naicks, 16 Drummers,
800 Sepoys.
J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Seer tary to the Government of India, Military
:Department, with the Governor-General.

VICTORIES AT BEENEE BADAM, MYDAN,
'AND ISTALIF.

NOTIFICATION.
•
• Political Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. al.
- The Hon: the Governor in Council is pleased to re-
publish for general information the following general or- ,
ders issued at Simla, by the Right lion. the Governor-
General of India on the 15th and 17th inst., announcing
the defeat of the enemy near Beenee Badam and Mydan
on theleth Sept, last, by the force under Major-General
Nott ; the. operations of the force under Major-General
M'Caskill, K.H., against the enemy at Istalif
in Kohis-
tan, and the arrival in Major-General Pollock's camp of
Capt. Bygrave, the only person who remained in the
hands of Mahomed Akbar Khan. . , . •
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, - •
J. P. WILLOUGHBY;
Secretary to the Government.
•
GENERAL ORDERS.
BY TUB RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR•OENERAL OF -INDIA.
~Secret Department, Simla, Oct. 15, 1842.
The Governor-General is pleased to publish, for ge-
n, ral information the following copy of a dispatch from
Majur-General dott,'commanding field force, to Major-
General Pollook, C. 8., commanding west of the Indus
" Camp Urgunde, Sept. -16, 1842.
" hare the honour to acquaint you-tiat Shum-
shoodeen, Sultan Jan, and other Atighan chiefs, having
assembled abont 12,000 men, occupied. a succession of
strong mountains, intercepting my march upon Benee
Badam and Myslan, on the 14th and 15th instant. Our
troops dislodged them in gallant style, and their conduct
afforded we- tkie, greatest .satisfaction.. •
4.1he,,trf411,#)! distinguished themselves, and I beg to
pies of Captain Leslie, Bombay Horse
ArtillegtCatains Blood, Bombay ,Foot Artillery, and
Alideikon ant ?trainer, of the Bengal Horse Artillery,-
and th 38th and 43d Bengal Natiie Infantry. I beg to
bring under the favourable notice of Government
Captain White, of her Majesty's 40th Regiment, in
command of the Light Companies of her Majesty's
40th: and 1414 Regiments, and of the 2d, 16th,
38th; 42d, and 43d Bengal Native .Regiments, for
the able manner is which he carried my orders
into effect, and for the gallantry displayed by him
and thecOmpanies under his command, in ascending the
mountains and driving the
enemy from their positions ;
I had every-reason to be pleased with the conduct of all
the troops, European and Native. I forward a list of
killed and wounded.—l am. &c.,
" W. NOTT, Major-General,
" Commanding Field Force."
Return of killed, wounded, and missing of the field
force, under the command of Major-. General Wm. Nott,
in the engagements with the enemy, on the-14th and
15th of September, 1842 :
Killed, 4 ; wounded, 50 ; horses wounded, 24.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Lieut. E. Eager, her Majesty's 40th Regt. severely.
Lieut. Mainwaring, 2d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry,
slightly.
Lieut. G. Holroyd, 43d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry,
slightly.
Examined, THOMAS POLWHELE, Captain.
W. NOTT, Major-General,
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General,
Commanding Field Force.

GEIsIiLRAL ORDERS.

BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
Secret Department, Simla, Oct. 15, 1842.
The Governor-General is pleased to publish, for gene-
ral informatioo, the following copy of a dispatch from
K. H.
Major-General Pollock, C. 8.,
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transmitting Major -Ge-
e'Roiinglinitanl'll'on. the Governor-Gen. of India,
Lt h3et
nflyrrTcaoe.lruldMlne.:dG:elasrfAthkhDiiselDi OCK, Secretary to the Government of
ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
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COMMANDING
DETACHMENT IN KOHIRTAN, TO CAPTAIN PONSONItY,
• • Camp
. Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842. ,
FROM MAJtlHindi:GalllEvißt,l:
Sir,—l have the satisfaction to acquaint you, for the
infOrmation of Major-Gen. Pollock, C. 8., that the troops
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT
under my command yesterday made themselves masters of
the strong and populous town of Istaliff, totally defeat-
ing the numerous levies collected for its defence, under
the infamous Ameen Oolla. K.haa Loguree, Khaojie
Ameer Kotwal, llazin Khan (an assassin of Sir Alex-
ander Burnes), Hazir Alec Khan, Khuleefa Ibrahim, and
many other chiefs of Caubul and Kohistan. '
The Major-General is aware that the force detailed
below* was placed at my disposal or operations in these
valleys on the 25th ; the two brigades formed a junction
near Khovbja Rewash. on the' 2Gth, moved to an encamp-
ment near Zimuree on the 27th, and pitched their tents
within four miles of this place on the 28th. The same
evening I reconnoitred the enemy s position ; it is impos=
sible to conceive ground naturally stronger. The town
of Istalif, consisting of masses of houses and forts, is
built on the slope of the mountain, in the rear of which
are yet loftier eminences, shutting in a defile which leads
to Turkistan, and in no way can this place of abode of
15,000 people be approached but by surmounting ranges
of hills, separated by deep ravines, or traversing by
narrow roads its gardens, vineyards, and orchards, fenced
in with strong enclosure walls ; the whole of them, with
the mountain side and tops of the houses, were occupied
by iJezailehees, and the strongest proof is afforded that
the enemy after this disposition considered this place un-
assailable, by their having retained within the town the
wives and children not only of the inhabitants, but of
thousands of refugees from Caubul. .
The observations which I was enabled to make under
a sharp Jezail fire and the report of Major Pottinger in-
duced me to determine to assault the next morning the
right.of the enemy's extensive position, as it was ihere that
I could hope to bring the artillery most effectively into
battery ; arrangements were made with this View. The
troops were formed into two columns of attack and re-
serve ; Brigadier Tulloch's brigade ' and the mountain
train composed the right ; Brigadier Stacey's mid Capt.
Blood's battery and the 18-pounders - the- left ; these
were supported by the third column under Major Si-
monds, her ma3esry's 41st, consisting- of a wing of this
regiment and the Cavalry under Major Lockwood; Capt.
Christie's corps protected the baggage.
The troopainoved non after daylight, and, traversing

* Artillerv.---Captain Backhouse's•Mountain Train ;
Captain BloCl's Battery of 9-pounders (Bombay) ; two
18 pounders.
Cavalry.—Head-quarters and two squadrons ; her Ma-
jesty's 3d Light'llragoons ; Ist squadron of Ist Light
Cavalry ; Captain Christie's (late Shah Soojah's 2d
s Brigade, with the ad-
Regiment) Corps of Cavalry.
and Miners, and
Infantry, Brigadier
dthitelinoenfaxncotefrpycti.—oanplt3aortifngathireorad:'uftoohlltox,seaks'tiaypepeat
Bt.acy's Brigade.