To such persons no mercy will be shown.

Further, I hold out no promise of pardon to those who, well knowing the Amir's position in the British camp, instigated the troops and people of Kabul to take up arms against the British troops.

They have been guilty of wilful rebellion against the Amir's authority, and they will be considered and treated as rebels wherever found.'] [Footnote 3: There was a slight fall of snow on the 11th November, followed by severe frost, and the elephants were beginning to suffer from the cold.

Three of them succumbed on the Lataband Kotal, much to the annoyance of the olfactory nerves of all passers-by.

It was impossible to bury the huge carcasses, as the ground was all rock, and there was not wood enough to burn them.