LATEST FROM CABUL.
The following special telegrams appear io thti lu.<i. Unfortunately, owing to a break iu the cable between Batavia and Singapore, it- will be some days before further Lews reaches 113. London, September l;{. The rebellion is spreading rapidly in Afghanistan, and is assuming alarming proportions. ISlir Bab.i Khan, in JJadakshan, and Mahmoud Ayub Khan, in Herat, have taken up an openly hostile position to the Uritiah. The inhabitants of the hill country round Cabul are rapidly massing, and it is anticipated that large reinforcements will juin the Cabul mutineers in an attack on General KoWts at ijhiunrgarciau. Owing to the small force at his command, and the want of oamcla, General Roberta lias decide:! tr> hold bis po-wti m v n the heights commanding the Shutargarriati Pass, pending the arrival of assistance.
In a telegram to headquarters at Pesha* wur, General Roberts states that owing to the disturbed state of the country at lease •n u the troo P 3 at Present at his disposal will be required before it will be prudent to make an advance. He finds it utterly impossible to make a sudden dash upon Cabul, as he at first intended. Reinforcements are being sent to his aid as fast as possible.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 212, 18 September 1879, Page 2
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