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leaders, a difference Of opinion prevailed m. e.
voy being DESTROYS Of offensive measures. vh;Is
General Elphinstens, from circumstances Connect
ed with the forces, among whom despondency ana
are described as then prevailing. m,in-
tanned his opinion for defensive ones. At the soil
OF the Envoy, some small fons in the
neishborhood, which contained grain, were cap
tured In the mean time the news Of the disper-
sion OF several ofthe afghan corps in Shah sooiahs
service, commanded by British officers, reached
the besleged, and contributed TO add to heir gloomy
Ptognostics Various reverses and successes fol-
lowed during some days. The troops from the
baiia hissar were recalled TO the cantosment, and
me Envoy urged a decided attack on the enemy ;
.ne GENERAL, hewever, maintained that all such at
sn,rd a ,sd % Dc ,atile the soldiers began to de-
less, skirmishss every day, which did not tend t.
raise the spirits of The sepoys and .olniers who
ssw .nelrsnemy hourly increase, while they The m
seiVes had scarcely .ood, and but Insufficient raj
mentiorths season. So greatly wero tn, " disn;,;ted
that they we're one day driven back TO their camn-
after they bad during three hours been exposed 10
q calling fire. The Ghilzee Chief. Osm,r Ehar
did not choose to pursue them within Their an,
trenchmenis, where they. il was then feared wonia
have made 4 feeble resistance. There nrov;s;on
was flour, which they obtained by bribery dnrin1
the night. IL was then that ali the
troops shoHld be concentrated in the Balla Hissar,
Captain Connolly, who was then with the shah.
advocated the propriety Of so doing, but the mill,
tary autheriiiss declared the movementimpossible
as they could mot rely upon the dishear,snsd
troops. The last regiment was then withdraw
from the Balla Hissar, which is, as every one
knows, q citadel on a hill 10 The eastward Of the
town' and shah sooJah was left to his own resource.
The insurgents, who were aware of the move
msnt OF succor from Candahar, now appeared dis
posed to enter upon negotiations for The withdrawal
OF 1.-The British trsops. The envoy. on hearing OF
thai no aid could be expected from General Sale.
then at Jellalabsd, or from the Indus. rave 4 re-
! Giant assent. Conferences took place, and a long
ist OF articles, drawn up in Persian by sir w H..
VI RhfRn WQu 20 ~ ~tl
are said to exceed twenty in number.
The second and faverite son Of Dost Ma hommed-
Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his
Ia.ners surrender, had remained in concealmsnt,
a.d had even escaped upon the confines Of ARgha
nistan, having made his appearance during the in
snrrsction, took a decided part in the negotiation
The inssrsent chiefs exhibited great willingness to
have the British troops removed fr, CabuI, and
arrangement are said to have been made for that
purpose at different meetings which were Held
outside the ca~ntonments. After various parleys.
message was. on the 22d Of December, brought
from Akhbar Khan TO Sir W. II. Macnaehten 10 re-
guest an interview ON the following morning. The
British Envoy went thither, accompanied by Can't
ta',s Lawrence, Trevor, and Mackenzie. They
had not been present five minutes, when a signal
was given, and allwere seized and forced to mount
behind some Gh:lzec chiefs. The British Euvov
resisted, and was slain, as also Captain Trevor,
who had siiPgsd off the horse on which he had
been placed: Their murderers are now said TO be
"Ghazees," or religious enthusiasts, who fight as
soldiers for "the sake Of God, - and who, If killed
IN battle, are called "Shuhdees," or martyrs. The
treatment OF Sir W. II. Macnaghten's body has
been described as most barbarous. His lady 10
stated to have offered 4 large sum for its ransom,
in order to have il decently Inferred. The other.
two officers were saved by the dread Of the Cha
fore them should be wounded. They returned to
the cantonment ON the 18th. AkhSar Khan has.
it appears, boosted Of his having in person killed
Sir w. II. Macnsghten.
Major Pottineer, well known since the defence
OF Herat, then took charge OF the British mission,
and the negotiations for the withdrawal the troops
we're ecHtinusd On the 9Th ofJanuary they moved
from their cantonments, which were instantly
seized BY the insurgents and bsrnt. The snow was
one loot deep on the ground, when the troops
reached Beegroma. three miles distant. Tie
schemes Of Akhbar Khan then became evident: he
through which the unfortunate British soldiers
had to pass, calling on the people 10 rise en- ,nasss
and Stay the in6dels. His call was not heard in
vain. On the first days march Cornet Hardyman,
OF tue otn cavalry, and some men, were killed -
Mahommed Arkhbar Khan, who had taken charge
OF the retreat, contrived 10 induce the British 10
take up stations at nigh, where he chose. On the
7h they moved to Bareckhar, where the three
mountain suns " ere seized Their rear guard we've
obliged to act on the defensive during the whole
of the day. On the 9Th the camp was nearly sur.
rounded by enemies, and it became evident that
the British soldiers would have to fight their vay
to JeAalabad.
1t is pretended that among the articles there are
some declaring, that all the British troops were to
CVdSuStc khuSuhuIbtau, anO mat nOt1ce OF such q
convention had been sent to General Mott at Cam
dahar, and to General Sale Al JeIlalabsd
Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the Bri-
fish had been sharpeacd rot only by The conquest
oil his fathers tcrritories, but by his own exile and
subsequ' nj Imprisonment INT in Dokhara, and by his
wild fanaticism, demanded then, on the third Iav
Of the retreat from Cabul, that the British should.
when commanded by the Ghazees ander his com.
mand, make new terms with him, and promise NOS
to proceed farther than Tazeen, until the with
drawal Of the force under Sir X. Sale from Jellala-
bad was known, and he insisted on six hostages -
Major Pottinger, who was lcms from a wound in
stantly offered to be one, and at Akhbar Khan's or
ders Captains MKenzie and Lawrence were in
cluded. The Ghszees were, however, no, re-
strained in their attacks. and a fearful slaughter
followed on the movement towards Khoord Cabul.
The column was attacked on all sides. The IL
ladies who were in the centre seemed objects of
special desire. Mrs Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had
each a child carried OF. Akhbar Khan, while the
Ghaxees were thus busy. protested his inability TO
restrain them, and on the 9Th OF January demanded
that the ladies should be placed under his protsc-
tion. The miserable wea her, the snowy wastes,
the rough mountain tracks, and the month Of Ja-
nuary in the coolest regions of Central Asia, com.
PEELED them to yield; the hostages halted for some
days in that neighborhood
The demand on General S .le to reIinquirh his
post was made on the Oh Of January, and on that
day he refused to do SO unless by orders from the
Supreme Government. This answer was take back
to Akhbar Khan The unfortunate sepoys began
again to move, and were again assailed; the sepovs
who form such good soldiers under the broiIing sun
Of India, being cnervated and Supplied by the cold,
scarcely offered any resistance, and hundreds or
them were soon despatched by the Ghazee cut.
throats, but the Europeans and some brave men
kept together until they reached the pass Of Jug
dulluk. Here General ElphinstoLe and Blisadicr
Shelton became hostages, and were detained two
miles distant BY Akhbar; General Elphins,e.e-
wrote a note in pencil to Brigsdier AnguetiI-
"Msrch te'night-there is ireachery :" The Bri.
fish troop, marched early in tho night; they came
to the irightfal mountain pass; il was barricad,d;
they forced their way, and reached JurdeIluk'
which they defended some time, until Brigadier
Augaetil was killed. All order was then 10 81, and
confusion and separation, slaughter and destruc-
uon ensued. several officers who were well mount
ed attempted to make good their way into JellaIa-
bad Some Of them arrived within three or four
miles, when they were murdered and plundered,
and their bodies left on the road. Only one ofi-
though wounded in several places and exhausted