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note app-eiliTO have been stirring ; the troops continue
to prepare for the arrival of th-2 grand army, a,id for the
backward movement along with at towards India. The
fortress of Jellalabad was carefully maintained for
some time : only one gate was allowed by the com-
mandant to be made use of : the Affghans are not
suffered to enter, and the market for the sale. of com-'
modities was kept without the Peshawur gate. On the
sth October the garrison marched out and encamped on
the plain ; they were in expectation of orders to raze the
fortifications. An intercepted letter from Akbar
Khan brought to light the system he had intended to
practise against us—that of avoiding actual combat, and
desolating the country around us in the line of march.
Had this been adhered to, General Nott would never
have reached Ghuznee. About 300 of the Sikhs belong-
*. to one of the native infantry regiments had left for
Peshawur through the passes, and preparations were
making to dispatch the remainder by rafts, so as to have
no interruption from them on the downward march.
These lawless soldiers, doing duty with our troops at
Gundamuck, were committing sad ravages amongst the
villages around ; and, under shelter of our arms, sati-
ating their own cowardly thirst for vengeance on the
peasantry, who were sure of destruction where resist-
ance was offered. Our warlike contemporaries seem
rather to approve than otherwise of these village-burning
and orchard-destroying innovations in British war !
The Commissariat officers were using every exertion to
accumulate supplies for the use of the grand army. A
great number of mules had been collected eo take the
place of camels. The weather was getting very cold
during the nights—snow having already. appeared on the
Sufed Koh ; it was intensely hot during the day, and
these extremes were found very trying for the health of
the troops.

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.
AFFGHANISTAN.
THE RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS.
Secret Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. 20, 1842.
With reference to the notification issued by Govern-
ment on the 15th inst... the Hon. the Governor in Council
is pleased to re-publish for general information the fol-
lowing supplement to the Government Gazette Extra-
ordinary, issued at Simla on the 30th ult., and also the
general orders by the Right Hon. the Governor-General
of India, dated Simla, the 7th inst., announcing the
gratifying intelligence of the safety and release of the
whole of the European prisoners from the hands of
Mahorned Akbar Khan, with the exception of Captain
Bygrave.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
J. P.'WILLOUGHBY. Secretary to Government.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING
IN AFFGUANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. It. LUM-
LEY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Head-quarters, Camp Caubul, Sept. 22, 1842.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information .
of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that, having
received information from Bameean that the Europeans,
officers and soldiers, prisoners there, had made arrange-
ments by which they hoped to effect their own liberation,
I, at the suggestion of Mohun Loll, with the concurrence
of Khan Shereen Khan, chief of the Kuzzilbashes, sanc-
tioned the speedy departure of 700 of his horse, on the
15th inst., the day of our arrival here, to meet the
party. Some difficulty occurring on the score of money,
I advanced 10,000 rupees, which were delivered by Sir
R. Shakespear, who accompanied the Kuzzilbashes.
Being apprehensive that attempts would be made to in-
tercept the prisoners, I detached Major-General Sir It
Sale with the troops, viz., her Majesty's 3d Dragoons,
Ist Light Cavalry, Backheuse's Mountain Train, two
companies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, four companies of
her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Broadfoot's Sappers,
Ferris's Jezailchees, 80 Sikh horses, and 160 foot sol-
diers, under Captain Lawrence, on the 19th inst., to
proceed to the Arghundee pass, and the circumstance
proved fortunate, as a delay of twenty-four hours would
have enabled Sultan Jan, who was in- pursuit, to over-
take our people. lam happy to state, that the whole
who were in confinement (as per subjoined roll), with
the exception of Captain Bygrave, who is with Mahomed
Akbar, arrived in my camp yesterday evening.
I cannot conclude without recording my opinion, that
to Khan Shereen Khan and Mohun Loll may be attri-
buted the safety of the, prisoners, and I have reason to
believe the Chief of the Kuzzilbashes to be a steadfast
adherent to the British Government.—l have, &c.,
GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Com-
manding in Affghanistan.
(True Copy.)
R. C. SHAKESPEAR,,MiIitary Secretary.
LIST OF PRISONERS RELEASED ON THE 21ST SEPT. 1842.
Major-General Shelton, her Majesty's 44th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, 27th B. N.
Major-Griffths, 37th B. N. I.
Captains—Boyd, Commissariat ; Johnson, Commis-
sariat Shah Soojah's 26th N. I. ; Barnett, 54th N. I. ;
Souter, her Majesty's 44th Foot ; Waller B. H. A.
Alston, 27th N. L ; Poett, 27th N. I. ; Walsh, 52d
M. N. I. ; Drummond, 3d B. L. C.
Lieutenants—Eyre, B. A. ; Airey, her Majesty's 3d
Buffs ; Warburton, B. A. S. S. F. ; Webb, 38th M. N. I.
S. S. F. ; Crawford, B. 3d N. I. S. S. F. ; Mein, her Ma-
jesty's. 13th L. I. ; Harris, 27th B. N. I. ; Melville, 54th
L ; Evans, her Majesty's 44th Foot.
Ensigns—Haughton, 31st B. N. I. ; Williams, 27th
B. N. I. ; Nicholson, 27th B. N. I.
Conductor Ryley, Ordnance Commissariat.
Surgeon Magrath.
'Assistant-Surgeons Berwick and Thompson.
Ladies—Ladies Macnaghten and Sale ; Mrs. Sturt and
one child ; Mrs. Mainwaring, one child ; Mrs. Boyd,
three children ; Mrs. Eyre, one child ; Mrs. Waller,
Oirci children ; Conductor Byley's wife, three children ;
Private Bourne's (13th L. I.) wife ; wife of Sergeant
Wade.
Major Pottinger, B. A.; Captain Lawrence, 11th L.C.;
Mackenzie, 48th .N.F. ; Mr. Fallon and Mr.
Blewitt, clerks, not in the service.
Her Majesty's 44th Foot—Sergeants Wedlock, Weir,
Fair.

Corporals Sumpter, Bevan.
Drummers—Higgins, Lovell, Branagan.
Privates—Burns, Cresham, Cronin, Driscoll, Derney,
Duffy, Matthews, 11‘Dade, Marron, M'Carthy, M'Cabe,
Now Jan, Robson, Seyburne, Shean, Tongue, Wilson,
Durant, Arch, Scott, Moore, Miller, Murphy, Marshall,
Cox, Robinson, Brady, M‘Glynn.
Boys.—Grier, Milwood.
Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry.—Privates—Bind-
ing, Murray, Magary, Monks, Maccullar, M'Connell, Duff.
Bengal Horse Artillery.—Sergeants.—Mlie, Ireland.
Gunners.—A. Hearn, Keane, Dulton. 14.•
Sergeant Wade, baggage sergeant to the Caubul mis-
sion. - •
G. PONSONBY, Captain, Assistant Adju

-General.

R. G. SHAKESPEAR, Military Secret4.'
T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government m
India, with the Governor-General,