DACCA, Pakistan, Dec. 10—Indian troops were reported today to have reached Daudkandi, 22 miles southeast of Dacca, with Pakistani forces falling back to defend the capital.

Indians have only to cross the three arms of the Meghna River to reach the river port of Narayanganj, the last major town before Dacca.

Diplomatic sources in contact with the Pakistani high command said it was in a “low mood.”

Indians have bypassed or encircled major border towns, including Comilla, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Sylhet, in the drive toward Dacca. At least one Pakistani brigade is cut off in the Chittagong area. A brigade at Jessore reportedly retreated to the Kushtia area 55 miles to hte north.

People Fleeing Capital

The population is fleeing Dacca. Night bombing today cut the main road a mile from the airport. Some bombs fell in the suburbs nearby but there were no reports of casualties.

Previous night bombing in the same area hit an orphanage, possibly killing 300 children.

Bombs were dropped from a piston‐engine plane and many Bengalis and some foreign observers are convinced it was done by Pakistanis to embarrass the Indians.

The army commander in East Pakistan, Lieut. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi, who was reported by the Indian radio to have fled to West Pakistan, was seen in Dacca today.

He called at the Intercontinental Hotel, which has been proclaimed an international zone under the Red Cross, but was turned away because he was armed.

Plans for one Canadian and two British C‐130 transports to fly to Dacca tomorrow to evacuate more than 300 civilians, including 56 women and children and United Nations officials, appeared doubtful.

A United Nations pilot who examined the bomb‐damaged runway today said there was no room for planes to land.

The airfield at Subhar, 14 miles northeast of Dacca, was also reported unusable.