As he will bring back the head-quarters and a squadron of the 9th Lancers, the 3rd Sikhs, and the mountain guns now on the Shutargardan, he will be able to defend his charge without fear of consequences. If, as we learn this afternoon, the Mangals have occupied the heights in force, and have cut off even the grass-supply of Colonel Money’s little garrison, General Gough’s arrival may be most opportune, and the tribesmen may receive another sharp lesson. Sixty headmen of the Gajis, Turis, Mangals, and other tribes between here and the Shutargardan have come in at Sir Frederick Roberts’s request. The General pointed out to them how utterly useless resistance was to the British, as exemplified in the fall of Cabul, and this they acknowledged, promising to keep their followers in good order and not to molest us. As we shall soon be moving into our winter quarters, I send you a complete list of the guns captured up to date:— ORDNANCE CAPTURED. ───────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────────────────┬───── Nature of Ordnance. │ A │ B C │ D E F G H │Total ───────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────────────────┼───── ⎛ ⎛ ⎛│12 pr.│ - 4│ - 4 - - -│ 4 ⎜ ⎜ Guns ⎜│ 9 pr.│ - 2│ 2 - - - -│ 2 ⎜ ⎜ ⎜│ 6 pr.│ 1 16│ - - - 17 -│ 17 ⎜ Bronze ⎜ ⎝│ 3 pr.│ - 51│ - 42 - 3 6│ 51 ⎜ ⎜ Howitzers ⎛│ 8 pr.│ - 2│ - 2 - - -│ 2 Smooth ⎜ ⎜ ⎝│12 pr.│ - 5│ - - - 5 -│ 5 Bore ⎜ ⎜ Mortars ⎛│ 8 pr.│ - 6│ - - - 6 -│ 6 ⎜ ⎝ ⎝│ 5½ in.│ 1 6│ - - - 7 -│ 7 ⎜ ⎛ Guns ⎛│24 pr.│ - 2│ - - - 2 -│ 2 ⎜ Iron. ⎜ ⎝│18 pr.│ 4 -│ - 4 - - -│ 4 ⎝ ⎝ Howitzers │ 8 in.│ 2 -│ 1 1 - - -│ 2 ⎛ ⎛ ⎛│20 pr.│ - 6│ - 6 - - -│ 6 ⎜ ⎜ ⎜│12 pr.│ - 6│ - 6 - - -│ 6 ⎜ ⎜ ⎜│ 9 pr.│ - 14│ 1 - - 7 6│ 14 Rifled ⎜ Iron ⎜ Breech- ⎜│ 8 pr.│ - 6│ - - 6 - -│ 6 Guns ⎜ ⎜ -loading ⎜│ 6 pr.│ - 22│ 10 6 - 6 -│ 22 ⎜ ⎜ ⎝│ 4 pr.│ - 11│ - - 5 6 -│ 11 ⎜ ⎝ Muzzle-loading │ 7 pr.│ - 26│ - - - 26 -│ 26 ⎝ Steel Muzzle-loading │8 pr.│ - 21│ 6 5 10 - -│ 21 ───────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────────────────┼───── Grand Total │ —│8 206│ 20 76 21 85 12│ 214 ───────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────────────────┴───── A: Calibre B: English