The Afghan War of 1879-80W. H. Allen & Company, 1881 - 567 Seiten The Afghan War of 1879-80 is a detailed account of the final phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), consisting of a reprinting in book form of letters originally written from the field and published in an Indian newspaper. The author, Howard Hensman, was a special correspondent of the Allahabad Pioneer. He was the only journalist to accompany the Anglo-Indian Kurram Valley Field Force that marched from Ali Kheyl, Afghanistan, to Kabul in the fall of 1879 following the uprising of Afghan forces in Kabul in September of that year and the massacre of the British envoy, Sir Louis Cavagnari, and other British officials in the city. The first letter is dated September 28, 1879, the last September 20, 1880. Brief explanatory texts are used to introduce some of the letters and provide context. Each letter runs to several pages, and collectively they offer a vivid first-hand account of the war as seen from a British perspective. Hensman describes, for example, the courageous charge by Afghan Ghazis at the Battle of Ahmed Khel (April 19, 1880) and the desperate, hand-to-hand fighting with British, Sikh, and Gurkha troops that ensued; the Battle of Maiwand (July 27, 1880), in which a force of 2,500 British and Indian troops was routed by a much larger Afghan force; and many other engagements. The book contains ten detailed foldout maps of the major military operations and battles of the war. A short appendix provides information about the heights above sea level of places in Afghanistan, distances by road between key points, and transportation in the Indian army. |
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... hills clothed with fir - trees , offering splendid cover . The hills are so precipitous that it would be impossible in many places for men to scale them , and a hand- ful of resolute soldiers could check an army with but little trouble ...
... hills clothed with fir - trees , offering splendid cover . The hills are so precipitous that it would be impossible in many places for men to scale them , and a hand- ful of resolute soldiers could check an army with but little trouble ...
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... hills , was neared . Along its banks are villages scattered at short intervals , and the orchards of these form a very pleasant relief to the bare barrenness of the Ghilzai Hills on our right . The Logar River is spanned by a narrow ...
... hills , was neared . Along its banks are villages scattered at short intervals , and the orchards of these form a very pleasant relief to the bare barrenness of the Ghilzai Hills on our right . The Logar River is spanned by a narrow ...
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... hills on either side . The road followed a due northerly direction , through a cultivated tract of country , for about three miles , to some very low hills which traverse it at right angles , and near which is the village of ...
... hills on either side . The road followed a due northerly direction , through a cultivated tract of country , for about three miles , to some very low hills which traverse it at right angles , and near which is the village of ...
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... hills which shut in Cabul , and hinder any view of the city from the valley . The hills to east and west also close in , and the valley cannot be much . more than two miles across . It is all under cultivation by means of irrigation ...
... hills which shut in Cabul , and hinder any view of the city from the valley . The hills to east and west also close in , and the valley cannot be much . more than two miles across . It is all under cultivation by means of irrigation ...
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... hills beyond Charasia , from the Chardeh Valley to the Logar River , were crowned with armed men . It was plain that our further progress towards Cabul was barred , and as there was only one brigade available for the attack the position ...
... hills beyond Charasia , from the Chardeh Valley to the Logar River , were crowned with armed men . It was plain that our further progress towards Cabul was barred , and as there was only one brigade available for the attack the position ...
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23rd Pioneers 3rd Sikhs 5th Ghoorkas 5th Punjab Cavalry 5th Punjab Infantry 72nd Highlanders 9th Lancers Abdur Rahman Abdur Rahman Khan Afghan Afghanistan Amir Amir's arms army Artillery Asmai attack Baker Bala Hissar bazaar Bemaru Bengal Lancers brigade British Butkhak Cabul camp Candahar cantonments Captain Charasia Chardeh Valley Charikar chiefs Colonel command Deh-i-Afghan Durbar enemy escort fighting fire force Frederick Roberts garrison Ghazni Ghilzais Gough Government ground Hazara Heights hills horses India Jellalabad Jugdulluck Khan's Kheyl Khyber Kila killed Kizilbashes Kohistanis Kotal Lieutenant Logar Luttabund Macpherson Mahomed Jan Maidan maliks miles moollah Mountain Battery mountain guns officers party Peshawur regiments ridge rifles road sent sepoys shells Shere Ali Shere Ali's Sherpur shot Shutargardan Siah Sung Sir Donald Stewart Sir F Sir Frederick Roberts Sirdar soldiers sowars sungar tent to-day tribes tribesmen troops Turkistan village Wali Mahomed walls Wardak wounded Yakub Khan yards
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Seite 20 - Illustrated Horse Management. Containing descriptive remarks upon Anatomy, Medicine, Shoeing, Teeth, Food, Vices, Stables ; likewise a plain account of the situation, nature, and value of the various points ; together with comments on grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers, and trainers ; Embellished with more than 400 engravings from original designs made expressly for this work. By E.
Seite 5 - FIRE. — Volcanoes and Volcanic Phenomena. — Earthquakes. PART VI. — LIFE. — The Distribution of Plants in the different Countries of the Earth. — The Distribution of Animals on the Earth. — The Distribution of Plants and Animals in Time. — Effects of Human Agency on Inanimate Nature. " The Book is both valuable and comprehensive, and deserves a wide circulation.
Seite 14 - Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Third and Revised Edition. Pocket size. 5s. Precedents in Military Law ; including the Practice of CourtsMartial ; the Mode of Conducting Trials ; the Duties of Officers at Military Courts of Inquests, Courts of Inquiry, Courts of Requests, &c., &c. The following are a portion of the Contents :— 1. Military Law. 2. Martial Law.
Seite 10 - Eyre (Major-General Sir V.), KCSI, CB The Kabul Insurrection of 1841—42. Revised and corrected from Lieut. Eyre's Original Manuscript. Edited by Colonel GB MALLESON, CSI Crown 8vo., with Map and Illustrations. 9s. Fearon (A.) Kenneth Trelawny. By ALEC FEARON. Author of
Seite 2 - Tree and Serpent Worship ; Or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ, from the Sculptures of the Buddhist Topes at Sanchi and Amravati.
Seite 22 - Regiment, Chief Garrison Instructor in India, Late Instructor in Military Surveying, Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. 12s. Treatise on Military Surveying ; including Sketching in the Field, Plan-Drawing, Levelling, Military Reconnaissance, &c. By Liout.-Col. BASIL JACKSON, late of the Royal Staff Corps.
Seite 14 - Courts-Martial. 4. Courts of Inquiry. 5. Courts of Inquest. 6. Courts of Request. 7. Forms of Courts-Martial. 8. Precedents of Military Law. 9. Trials of Arson to Rape (Alphabetically arranged.) 10. Rebellions.
Seite 6 - Quadrant und to Five Places of Decimals. Together with a Table of the lengths of each Degree of Latitude and corresponding Degree of Longitude from the Equator to the Poles ; with other Tables useful to the Surveyor and Engineer. Fourth Edition, thoroughly revised and corrected by the Author.