In India, "the progress of our arms" has displayed a

double series of victories, in the lines of simultaneous march from Jellalabad and Can- dahar to Cabal. We left General Pollock with Sir Robert Sale and the Jellalabad army at Gundainuck. He reached Jugdulluck on the 8th of September ; and there he found, posted on the heights, a body of Ghil- zies, four or five thousand strong. The General describes the conflict which ensued, in a despatch dated "Camp, Kutta Sung, 9th Sept. 1842," addressed to Major-General J. R. Lumley, Adjutant-General of the Army in India-

" The enemy were assembled in bodies, apparently under different chieftains, each having a distinguishing standard. The hills they occupied formed an amphitheatre, inclining towards the left of the road on which the troops were halted while the guns opened ; and the enemy were thus enabled on this point to fire into the column, a deep ravine preventing any contact with them. The practice of the guns was excellent ; yet the enemy appeared so determined on making a stand, that the bursting of the shells among them on the right hill, which was of a conical shape and difficult ascent, had not the effect of making them relinquish it, or of slackening their fire; which now became heavy from all parts of their position, causing several casualties. As the guns apeared to have little effect in forcing the enemy to quit the heights, I resolved upon attacking them. For this purpose, Captain Broadfoot was detached to the extreme left of the enemy's position; and his sappers com- menced ascending a steep hill, on the top of which the enemy were intrenched in a sungah. Her Majesty's Ninth Foot, under Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, were directed to cross a deep ravine and assault the hills on the opposite side, where the enemy held a ruined fort, and were with their chiefs and cavalry in considerable numbers. Her Majesty's Thirteenth Light Infantry, led by Cap- tain Wilkinson, commanding the regiment, attacked the bill, which may be considered the key of the position. The Ninth, accompanied by two compa- nies of the Thirty-fifth Native Infantry under Lieutenants Boileau and Trench, the Thirteenth by 130 men of the Twenty-sixth, led by Captain Ga- han, (Major finish, who, although present in the field, was prevented by his wound received at Mamoo Khail from assuming the command,) rushed up the heights simultaneously ; and the animated and enthusiastic cheer they gave seemed to strike a panic into the enemy, for they dared not wait the collision but fled down the hills, and were enabled to escape chastisement by the nature of the ground, which was so well calculated to favour their retreat. At this moment, Major Lockwood, with her Majesty's Third Light Dragoons, galloped up, and very nearly succeeded in overtaking the enemy's cavalry ; but, I am very sorry to say, they also effected their safety by flight. "Captain Broadfout had completely succeeded in the attack he made; and the enemy were dispersed in every direction, a large body of them retiring to the summit of a high mountain. On this apparently inaccessible height they posted their standards, and showed every demonstration of maintaining it. As the achievements of the day would have been incomplete were they suffered to remain, I decided upon dislodging them. " The troops named in the margin, advanced under cover of Captain Abbott's funs and those of Captain Back house's mountain-train. Seldom have soldiers ad a more arduous task to perform, and never was an undertaking of the kind surpassed in execution. These lofty heights were assaulted in two columns, led b7 Captains Wilkinson and Broadfoot. The discomfited Ghilzies, not relishing an encounter, betook themselves to flight, carrying away their stan- dards, and leaving our troops in quiet possession of their last and least assail- able stronghold.

" It gratifies me to be enabled to state, that we have thus signally defeated, with one division of the troops, the most powerful tribes and the most inve- terate of our enemies, the original instigators and principal actors in those dis- turbances which entailed such disasters on our troops last winter."

In this action, Captain Nugent, the Sub-Assistant Commissary-Ge- neral, was killed ; General Sale was slightly wounded ; and sixty-two men were killed and wounded.

That obstruction removed, the army proceeded ; and on the 12th it reached the Tezeen valley, known to us as the recent place of captivity for the British prisoners, but now the scene of the critical conflict which ma} be said to have decided the result of the campaign. This conflict will be best described in General Pollock's own words, in a despatch to Major-General Lumley, dated "Camp, Boodkhak, September 14th"— " On the 12th I halted, in consequence of the cattle of the second division having suffered from the effects of fatigue, caused by their forced march. This halt the enemy imagined to be the result of hesitation, and in the afternoon at- tacked the pickets on the left flank ; and became so daring, that I considered it necessary to send Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, with 250 men of her Majesty's Ninth Foot, to drive them back. Some sharp fighting took place; and the enemy were driven up the neighbouring hills, from the crests of which they kept up a heavy fire. Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, however, with a small party, crept up one end of the hill unperceived by the enemy, who were hotly engaged in their front, and lay concealed until joined by a few more of his men ; when, rushing upon the flank of the astounded Afghans, he inflicted a severe lesson, pouring in a destructive fire upon them as they fled down the hill. A chief- tain was found among the slain, who it was supposed was the brother of Khoodabux Khan. The enemy remained inoffensive on our left flank, in con- sequence of this very well-planned and gallant affair of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor's, and withdrew to the right ; where they commenced a furious attack upon a picket consisting of 80 men of the Sixtieth Regiment of Native Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Montgomery ; who sustained the assault with great resolution until reinforcements reached him, when the enemy were beaten off. In this attack the picket had 4 killed, Lieutenant Montgomery and 17 men wounded. The enemy came so close that frequent recourse was had to the bayonet. Their attempts on the pickets continued throughout the night, but were invariably nnsucceasfuL " The valley of Tegeen, where we were encamped, is completely encircled by lofty bills; and on the morning of the 13th, it was perceived that the Afghans had occupied in great force every height not already crowned by our troops. I commenced my march towards the mouth of the lezeen Pass; where I left two guns, two squadrons of her Majesty's Third Dragoons, a party of the First Light Cavalry and Third Irregular Cavalry. The enemy's horse appeared in the valley, with the intention of falling upon the baggage; but it gives me very great pleasure to state, that the Dragoons and Native Cavalry (regular amt Irregular) made a most brilliant charge, and with such effect, that the whole body of the enemy's force was completely routed and a number of them cut up. The Pass of Tezeen affords great advantages to an enemy occupying the heights ; and on the present occasion Mahomed Akhbar neglected nothing to render its natural difficulties as formidable as numbers could make it. Our troops mounted the heights, and the Afghans, contrary to their general cuss- torn, advanced to meet them ; and a desperate struggle ensued: indeed, their defence was so obstinate, that the British bayonet in many instances alone de- cided the contest. The light company of her Majesty's Ninth Foot, led by Captain Lushington, (who, I regret to say, was wounded in the head,aseending

the hills on the left of the Pass under a heavy cross-fire,) charged and overthrew

their opponents, leaving several horses and their riders, supposed to be chiefs, dead on the bill. The slaughter was considerable ; and the fight continued during the greater part of the day, the enemy appearing resolved that we should not ascend the Haft Kotul. One spirit seemed to pervade all, sea a determination to conquer overcame the obstinate resistance of the enemy;

who were at length forced from their numerous and strong positions, and our

troops mounted the Hutt Kotul, giving three cheers when they reached the summit. Here Lieutenant Cunningham, with a party of Sappers, pressed the enemy so bard, that they left in their precipitation a 24-pounder howitzer and limber, carrying off the draught-bullocks. Having heard that another gun had been seen, and concluding that it could not have gone very far, I detached a squadron of Dragoons under Captain Tritton, and two Horse-Artillery guns under Major Delafosse, in pursuit. The gun (a 12- pounder howitzer) with bullocks sufficient for the two guns was soon captured.

The Dragoons again got among the enemy, and succeeded in cutting up many

of them. Captain Broadfoot with the Sappers advanced, and with the Dra- goons happened to fall in with another part of the enemy, of whom upwards of twenty were killed. I have ascertained there were about 16,000 men in the

field opposed to me, a considerable portion of whom was cavalry. Mahomed Akhbar Khan, Mahomed Schah Khan, Ameen Oollah, and many other chiefs,

with their followers, were present ; all of whom, I have reason to believe, have

taken to flight. We have gained a complete victory; and our enemies have suffered severely, having several hundreds killed, losing their guns and three

standards, one of which was taken from the enemy's horse by the First Light Cavalry. Although many attempts were made at the baggage, none were suc- cessful; chiefly owing to the judicious and admirable arrangements of Lieu- tenant-Colonel Richmond, commanding the rear-guard, and for which be de- serves the greatest credit. • * • " The enemy being completely dispersed, we pursued our march, and en- camped at Khoord Cabul without further opposition."

Akbar Khan fled towards Bameean. Our loss was 32 killed and 130 wounded ; and among the killed were Captain Lushington, of the Ninth Regiment, Captain Geils, of the Sixtieth Native Infantry, Lieu- tenant Norton, Thirty-fifth Native Infantry, and Lieutenant Mont- gomery, Sixtieth Native Infantry.

On the 15th, the army encamped on the race-course at Cabal; on the 16th, it entered the citadel, and the British colours crowned the walls.

The city was nigh deserted. The prisoners who bad been left there on the removal of their companions to Bameean were restored by the Kuzzilbashes : they were Mrs. Trevor and eight children, Captain and Mrs. Anderson and three children, Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell, one European woman, and four privates. The whole of the prisoners, however, except Captain Bygrave, had been recovered from the hands

of Akbar ; and Major Pottinger and Captain Johnson arrived in camp on the 21st. General Pollock says, in a letter to the Governor-General,

that no doubt the rest would arrive next day : he had sent General Sale with a lightly-equipped force to meet them, and the whole of the party were with him. It will be remembered that Lady Sale was of the party whom General Pollock sent her husband to meet and escort back.

There was a report that Lord Ellenborough had determined to hang Akhhar Khan, on bringing home to him the murder of Sir William M`Naghten.

A private letter, dated " Boodkhak, September 14th," which appears to be written by General Pollock, goes again over the ground of the Tezeen valley fight ; but in its freer style it brings out several cha- racteristic points, which the formal despatch could not do. It begins with a personal trait : the writer is speaking of the skirmishing-parties that teased the army on either side, a detachment having been sent to drive them off-

" It became dark, and the party returned, and we all thought they would be quite satisfied and leave us alone: but not so—they were a little stronger than we thought. About eight p. m., they commenced attacking our pickets, and I hardly slept a wink, for they were firing all night ; and in the morning we had to go through the Tezeen Pass. I had taken every precaution."

The strength and behaviour of the enemy— ".1 was with the advance. Every place appeared covered with the enemy : in front they had also a number of horse, and they fought really well—actually coming up to the European's bayonets. I then suspected Akbar Khan must be present; and so it turned out. He had with him Mahomed Shah Khan and

Aumunoola, with many other chiefs. The amount of his whole force was 16,000 men, (he said 20,000) ; and among them were his best Jezailchees.

We hunted them from post to post, as we did in the Khyber, and retained pos- session of the heights. * • * Altogether, the enemy must have lost several hundreds. They stood well, as if they knew it was Akbar's last stake; and although it was performed by my army, it was a very brilliant thing."

What might have happened-

" It is perhaps fortunate that we fought the battle on the 13th, for I have since heard that the road was covered with people going to join them. We had quite enough to manage. If he had brought many more, we might have been hard pushed on all sides; and I had not many available men to fight besides protecting the baggage. I have now done all that could have been done."

The rescued captives' welcome- " Mrs. Trevor and children and Mrs. Anderson and children are in my tent. I have given it up to them, and I am in a poll with Macgregor."

The closing pageant, with an important announcement for a finish- " 16th.—I yesterday ordered a company from each Infantry Regiment, the Dragoons, a troop of the First Cavalry, and one of the Third Irregulars, to ac-

company me to the Balla Hissar. I took all the staff. We had a flag-staff

and the Thirteenth colours, and we set out at six a. m. The Prince Futtah Jung requested he might go with the escort. You may therefore suppose it was a showy cavalcade. We planted the colours on the spot most visible from the city! On raising them, the band struck up ' God save the Queen, the troops gave three cheers, and the Horse Artillery fired a salute of twenty-one guns. I have left the colours flying, and the infantry will remain. "1 now think we have done all that could be expected of us, short of de- stroying the city ; and if we did that, we might starve, for we have only five

days' supplies in camp. Nott will be here tomorrow or next day ; we have /low merely to lay in grain, procure carriage-cattle and return. Our arrival here has caused great rejoicing to many. I have been overwhel lied with pre- sents of fruit I shall commence my march back some time next month : and 1 hope the days will then be cooler : they are now very hot."