REFERRING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE MILITARY SCIENCES, THE MEMOIRS OF DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS, AND NARRATIVES OF REMARKABLE BATTLES.

BY J. H. STOCQUELER, Esq.

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SUMMARY AND REVIEW.

In reading the present Summary, the reader must suppose that Burmah has been blotted out of the map. It is scarcely worth while to occupy much time in stating that there is nothing to say, so we proceed to other quarters.

Our old friend the Delhi Gazette furnishes the following letter, dated Caubul, the 24th May, which continues the chain of reports from our last publication.

"In my last letter, I mentioned that a battle had been fought between the Russians and Kokanees, and also the loss which the latter had sustained in killed. Intelligence has since reached a merchant in this city, that the Russians have arrived at Kokan, have taken possession of the fortress, and are about to repair the walls. They have also advanced to Karah Kotul, a distance of six marches in the direction of Bokhara. Their approach has much alarmed the king of Bokhara.

"The governor of Bulkh (Sirdar Mahomed Afzul Khan) has also sent word that the Russians have taken Kokan., The Herat. chief has determined to give his sister in marriage to the governor of Bulkh without consulting the Dost.

"A report has been brought from Peshawur, that the English have invited Shahzada Timoor, the eldest son of the late Shah Soojah, to leave Loodianah for Lahore. Several regiments of cavalry and infantry have been ordered to march to Candahar from Shikarpoor, and a force from Peshawur is to advance on Lalpoora. These movements are, however, delayed until further orders arrive from the Sirkar Company.

"It is further rumoured that a British officer, with 100 horse, is to come to Cabul to conclude a treaty with Dost Mahomed. This report is not acceptable either to the people or to the army, who say, that an English alliance would only strengthen the tyranny of the Dost, which is even now intolerable. The people pray for the return of one of Shah Soojah's sons, that they may be rescued from the oppression of the Barukzaies. The brothers of the ameer are also averse to a treaty with the English, for they urge, that after what has passed, it will be impossible for either of the contracting parties to place any confidence in the other.

"A letter from Kohat, received here by Daya Ram of that place, says that the English are in great alarm at the news of the arrival of a Persian army at or near Herat. This intelligence has induced them to postpone the intended movements at Peshawur and Shikarpore. The Kohat letter also states that an English officer will shortly be deputed to Dost Mahomed. The road has been carried as far as Angoh, where a fort has been built and a force of sappers and miners stationed. The road will be extended to Zazub,' the chief of which place is friendly to the British.

"I inclose a copy of a letter received by the ameer on the 8th instant, from his agent at Herat. On the receipt of this letter, the ameer wrote to the chief of Herat that the English were a selfseeking and perfidious nation, and that the Heratees would do well to ally themselves with the Persians. He (the Dost) looked upon the word of an Englishman as utterly worthless (Pooch).

"As to the people of Cabul, merchants and soldiers, they pray alike for the overthrow of the existing government, and would gladly hail either the Russians, the Persians, or the English, so long as they were rid of the tyranny of the Dost and his family."

His Majesty of Oude, according to the following report, which is contained in a letter from a correspondent of one of the Calcutta papers, has come forward with an offer of service to us. Our friends, of course, understand that we do not vouch for the truth of such reports; but were all notice of them omitted, the reader would feel that he was not kept