The outrage is, of course, a deadly, and as we
have shown elsewhere an intentional, insult, and there is nothing to do but march an army on Cabal, and decide there what shall next be done. The Viceroy has therefore ordered General Stewart to stand fast at Candahar and recall his regiments from Pisheen, General Bright to gather a force in the Khyber, occu- pying, perhaps, Jellalabad ; and General Roberts to march from the Koorum on Cabal. It was at first believed that this could be accomplished by a " rush," the Shuturgardan, the lofty saddle which now divides Afghanistan from India, being only fifty miles from the ascent to Cabul, but it was soon seen that this was impossible. So unprepared was Government, that General Roberts was at Simla ; his column, though including four European and five Native regiments, is not 5,500 strong, of whom only 2,500 are Euro- peans ; he hag insufficient transport, and he must guard the Koorum, the Peiwar, and the Shuturgardan against the hill- men, who will swarm in behind him. He must therefore wait for reinforcements, probably till the middle of October.
