General Baker received, on September 27th, at Kushi, a message
from the Ameer,, asking for a refuge for himself, his child, the Commander-in-Chief Daoud Shah, and some other Afghan notables. In the evening the letter was followed by Yakoob Khan himself, who, with a few at- tendants and 200 irregular cavalry (Daoud Shah's " chil- Aren," or personal attendants probably), rode into camp. General Roberts, 'on the 30th ult., had reached Kushi, not without a sharp skirmish with some Mongols, and since then the General and the Ameer have moved forward together, the Ameer sending out orders as directed. These orders, though not valid, the Ameer being really a detenu, are useful, because those Afghans who are afraid of the English can plead them as
As yet no resistance has been offered, an excuse for yielding.
and General Roberts, it is announced from Simla, will make the final advance to Cabul on Sunday morning, the 5th inst. He has, we greatly fear, no more than 5,000 men with him, the regiments, European and Native, being unusually weak, and the General reluctant, while Jellalabad is not in our hands, to cut his communications with his own base, Ali Khel. On the Khyber side, General Bright has not advanced beyond Dhakka, where, however, there was no resistance.
