NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SO far, the Afghan campaign has been successful. General Sir S. Browne, after capturing Ali Musjid, as recorded last week, advanced rapidly through the Khyber, meeting with no resistance ; and on the 23rd inst. occupied Dhakka, the valley beyond the Pass, in which the Afghans keep their first regular cantonment. The station was found deserted and the guns withdrawn, and the villagers round readily brought in supplies. The chief of Lalpoora—who is, we believe, a relative of the British Envoy, Nuwab Gholam Hussein Ali—came in, with pro- mises of alliance and support. General Browne had, however, advanced so fast that he left no force behind him ; and some Hill- men, perhaps regular brigands, belonging to no tribe, attacked his camp-followers, fired at an officer bathing, and seized the official mail-bags. At Dhakka it was reported that Jellalabad was evacuated ; that Sir S. Browne had decided on an advance upon that city, without waiting for General Maude, who is hurrying to his support, but up to Friday afternoon this had not been fully confirmed. If Jellalabad is occupied, Sir S. Browne will have performed a splendid feat of military audacity, a feat after the style of the old Anglo-Indian wars, when success was taken for granted, if only there was dash enough. The work, however, is not yet done, the latest telegram (Lahore, Friday 29th) only reporting that General Browne had reconnoitred ten miles of the road.
