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... Regiment - Overture to British Envoy - Interview with Affghan Chiefs ; Sir William Mac- naghten murdered - Continued torpor of Military Au- thorities - Convention concluded with Enemy - Departure of British from Kabool · Disastrous ...
... Regiment - Overture to British Envoy - Interview with Affghan Chiefs ; Sir William Mac- naghten murdered - Continued torpor of Military Au- thorities - Convention concluded with Enemy - Departure of British from Kabool · Disastrous ...
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... regiment that is now stationed at her farthest frontier post , on the western shore of the Caspian , has as great a distance to march back to Moscow as onward to Attock on the Indus , and is actually farther from St. Petersburgh than ...
... regiment that is now stationed at her farthest frontier post , on the western shore of the Caspian , has as great a distance to march back to Moscow as onward to Attock on the Indus , and is actually farther from St. Petersburgh than ...
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... regiments of native infantry . The third , under Brigadier Dennis , comprehended the Buffs and the 2nd and 27th native infantry . The fourth brigade , composed of the Bengal European regiment and the 35th and 37th native infantry , was ...
... regiments of native infantry . The third , under Brigadier Dennis , comprehended the Buffs and the 2nd and 27th native infantry . The fourth brigade , composed of the Bengal European regiment and the 35th and 37th native infantry , was ...
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... regiments , under the command of Major - General Willshire . The Poona auxiliary horse were to accompany this force , which also brought into the field an engineer department , a detachment of sappers and miners , and a siege train ...
... regiments , under the command of Major - General Willshire . The Poona auxiliary horse were to accompany this force , which also brought into the field an engineer department , a detachment of sappers and miners , and a siege train ...
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... regiments of cavalry , and five of infantry . Major - General Simpson , of the Bengal army , was appointed to the command of this force , for which a staff and commissariat were duly orga- nized , a military chest established , and ...
... regiments of cavalry , and five of infantry . Major - General Simpson , of the Bengal army , was appointed to the command of this force , for which a staff and commissariat were duly orga- nized , a military chest established , and ...
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advance affairs Affghan Affghanistan Akbar Khan Ameers appears appointment arrived artillery attack attempt authority Bengal Bombay Brigadier British force British government British troops camp Captain CHAP Charles Metcalfe chief circumstances claim Colonel command commenced Court of Directors despatch Dost Mahomed Dost Mahomed Khan duty effect enemy enemy's European favour feeling fire Further Papers garrison gate Ghuznee governor-general guns Gwalior Herat honour horse hostile India Indus Jelalabad Kabool Kandahar Khyber Pass letter Lieutenant Eyre Lord Ellenborough Lord William Bentinck lordship Maharajah Maharanee Majesty's Major Major-General Mama Sahib Meer Roostum ment military minister Moorad native infantry Nott object officers party pass Persia person Peshawur Pollock position possession prince proceeded Rajah regard regent regiment resident Runjeet Singh Russia Scindia Shah Shoojah Shah's shew Sinde Sir Charles Napier Sir Robert Sale territories tion treaty views William Macnaghten wounded XXIX XXXI XXXII СНАР
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Page 158 - His attention was naturally drawn at this conjuncture to the position and claims of Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, a monarch who, when in power, had cordially acceded to the measures of united resistance to external enmity, which were at that time judged necessary by the British Government, and who, on his empire being usurped by its present rulers, had found an honourable asylum in the British dominions.
Page 153 - Shooja-ool-Moolk binds himself, his heirs and successors to refrain from entering into negotiations with any Foreign State, without the knowledge and consent of the British and Sikh Governments, and to oppose any power having the design to invade the British or Sikh territories by force of arms to the utmost of his ability.
Page 387 - It is impossible to express our feelings on Sale's approach. To my daughter and myself happiness so long delayed, as to be almost unexpected, was actually painful, and accompanied by a choking sensation, which could not obtain the relief of tears.
Page 158 - The welfare of our possessions in the East requires that we should have on our western frontier an ally who is interested in resisting aggression, and establishing tranquillity, in the place of chiefs ranging themselves in subservience to a hostile power, and seeking to promote schemes of conquest and aggrandizement.
Page 511 - I regret to say that our loss has been very severe, infinitely beyond what I calculated on; indeed, I did not do justice to the gallantry of my opponents. Their force, however, so greatly exceeded ours, particularly in artillery, the position of their guns was so commanding, they were so well served, and determinedly defended, both by their gunners and their infantry, and the peculiar...
Page 342 - ... so much crime, even for a week, of the means which it might afford of recovering the prisoners, of the gratification which it would give to the army, and of the effect which it would have upon our enemies. Our withdrawal might then be made to rest upon an official declaration of the grounds upon which we retired as solemn as that which accompanied our advance; and we should retire as a conquering, not as a defeated power; but we cannot sanction the...
Page 348 - If that event should have occurred, you will understand that it will in no respect vary the view which the GovernorGeneral previously took of the policy now to be pursued. The Governor-General will adhere to the opinion, that the only safe course is that of withdrawing the army under your command, at the earliest practicable period, into positions within the Khyber Pass, where it may possess easy and certain communications with India.*9 Now came out the good that was in Pollock.
Page 433 - I believe he did at first, but does not now ; and I am half inclined now to doubt the fact, though I did not do so at first ; but, as I said, the intrigues of these people are nothing to me ; only I will not let his cunning attempt to cast his conduct upon my advice pass. He went contrary to my advice, and now wants to make out that he acted by it. I send you a copy of my letter.
Page 332 - February, to remove in an instant this ground of confidence. A tremendous earthquake shook down all our parapets built up with so much labour, injured several of our bastions, cast to the ground all our guard-houses, demolished a third of the town, made a considerable breach in the rampart of a curtain in the Peshawur face, and reduced the Cabool gate to a shapeless mass of ruins. It savours of romance...
Page 341 - ... prospect of success, would be to afford no real aid to the brave men who are surrounded, and fruitlessly to sacrifice other good soldiers, whose preservation is equally dear to the Government they serve. To effect the release of the prisoners taken at Cabul, is an object likewise deeply interesting in point of feeling and of honour.