NEWS OF THE WEEK
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GENERAL ROBERTS'S great march,—as brilliant a military operation as has been undertaken since General Sherman's march—has been made, and had brought him safely to Candahar, with his troops in excellent spirits, on August 31st. He had marched 345 miles in 21 days, more than 16 miles a day. This is splendid marching, and implies in General Roberts at least as high a power of organisation as he has always shown tactical genius. He brought the garrison of Kelat-i-Ghilzai along with him to Can- dahar, passing over the command there to Mahommed Sadik _Khan, a Toki chief, who had charge of the place when the Eng- , lish arrived in 1879. In the march, General Roberts had lost
a only one British soldier, and not a dozen natives. Ayoub Khan, instead of entrenching himself to resist General Roberts's approach, as had been expected, raised the siege of Candahar, and took up a strong post on the Argandab, north of the city, where he has entrenched himself. General Phayre is marching at last, and is looked for at Candahar by September 5th ; but he himself expected to encounter serious resistance at Takht-i-Pul, .of the result of which, if it was offered, we have heard nothing.
