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Show IN A E' V li .- S I ST A X . Everybody Fleeing belor tlte lirillih Army. London, 2S A spr-cinl from Dakka, itatert Monaay, 7 a.m. says: Leaving All Aiusjld iu chajgrt ol the Bnt:.-!i regiment, General Brown pushed on, lue hi ad men of the hid trit es corning oa; no the route lo crviEralulale him, ar.d pay their retpeeia to Lundikana, tmrteeu miles ot where i ne advance iuice bivcaiacktd. Mnjjr Oavaguari rda on tu Dakka, which he reached at 7 p m. on Saturday, Satur-day, iho khan of Lalpcor meetmg ami to t;tl--r udiuisoiou. At dawn on Sunday morning the British lro.po resumed their march, arriving in Dakka at noon, and finding that deserted lort had been plundered by neighboring tribes. Tue Biitisb advance has now reached the frontier of Afghanistan proper, dcstroyitig by its successes the ameer's autnuriiy iu the independent territory tinny miles in width from Jumrood to Dakka. The Hiug Aiginin army, iu its etioris to eajH pe, has bcti plundereu ot everythiuK, the country having ri-j.u against it, rolusing it shelter. 'Ihe news is c.infirm-d that Jellalabal has been evai uated and the garrison is in 'a headlong flight toward Cabul. i Mahomed Shotkhao, chief ot the Lnlpoor aDd bead oi the Mnbmunds., hitherto the ameer's allies, iia.H placed Inmsell iu Major Cavagnar's bautU. N-Mirid tribes who were preparing tor flight have remained and art biiiigitii' in HOpplics. illagtrs go about their daily work with Iho utmost ut-most unconcern, wnile our army h passing. Lahore, 26. General Roberts has reached a point halfway between Buzanptr and Kuruni fort. He rue; wiih no resistance. General B:ddu!pa enteied Pessbeen tois morning. A majority of the pnsouers taken at Ali Xlui-jid have been released. London, 26, A correspondent at Ber iu says it is expected at St. Petersburg, Peters-burg, that the ameer of Afghanistan will go lo Herat, in the event of defeat. de-feat. It is rumored that the corps under Ihe Russian General Lomakioe is ten or twelve marches from Herat. |