A statement is current that General Massy, the brilliant Colonel
of the 5th Lancers, is already on his way to Cabal with his cavalry, but that must be an error. Cavalry alone cannot take Cabal, and a disaster would be fatal. It is probable that General Massy has been sent forward to reconnoitre the de- scent' from the Shuturgardan—a very dangerous bit, of ten miles—and the plain beyond, and to ascertain the reliance to be placed upon the local Governor's promises of support. His movement will facilitate the march, but is not the march itself, which must be so organised that failure shall be next to impossible. If not, we shall have General Roberts "tri- umphantly successful," and besieged iu the Bala Hissar without provisions. Five thousand Europeans at least should be sent to the front, and every regiment refilled from England.
