The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of HeratG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913 - 683 pages |
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... Ghilzais have made , out of mere taxation grievances , pretext for open revolt . Rawlinson Sahib knows- " Yea ; and the Generaili Sahib at Kandahar - he also knows how those same Ghilzais were once Kings of Afghanistan , taking command ...
... Ghilzais have made , out of mere taxation grievances , pretext for open revolt . Rawlinson Sahib knows- " Yea ; and the Generaili Sahib at Kandahar - he also knows how those same Ghilzais were once Kings of Afghanistan , taking command ...
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... Ghilzais and Nijrābis to rise in a body on the first pretext . " Macnaghten waved aside the exaggerated idea . " Oh no - no ! Not so bad as that , I hope . Per- sonally I should not be at all averse to a little military fireworks in ...
... Ghilzais and Nijrābis to rise in a body on the first pretext . " Macnaghten waved aside the exaggerated idea . " Oh no - no ! Not so bad as that , I hope . Per- sonally I should not be at all averse to a little military fireworks in ...
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... Ghilzai chiefs the urgent need for reducing State expenses and the awkward effect of this process upon their own pockets . The case of the Ghilzais was harder , in one respect , than that of the Kohistanis . Not only were they to lose ...
... Ghilzai chiefs the urgent need for reducing State expenses and the awkward effect of this process upon their own pockets . The case of the Ghilzais was harder , in one respect , than that of the Kohistanis . Not only were they to lose ...
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... Ghilzais had risen in a body , plundered a big kafila near Tazin , and blocked up all the passes between Kabul and Jalálabad . It was the prelude ; the first thunder - roll of universal But to the dwellers in the " folly on the storm ...
... Ghilzais had risen in a body , plundered a big kafila near Tazin , and blocked up all the passes between Kabul and Jalálabad . It was the prelude ; the first thunder - roll of universal But to the dwellers in the " folly on the storm ...
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... Ghilzais return to their allegiance , and promising that any just complaints should have consideration . So far , well enough . But the messenger chosen was one Humza Khan , Governor of the Ghilzais , whose own stipend had been cut ...
... Ghilzais return to their allegiance , and promising that any just complaints should have consideration . So far , well enough . But the messenger chosen was one Humza Khan , Governor of the Ghilzais , whose own stipend had been cut ...
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The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part ... Maud Diver Affichage du livre entier - 1913 |
The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part ... Maud Diver Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part ... Maud Diver Affichage du livre entier - 1913 |
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Afghan Afghanistan Akbar Khan arms army arrival Bala-Hissar Behmaru Brigadier British Broadfoot camels camp cantonments Captain cavalry Charikar cheer chiefs Colin Mackenzie command courage Dōst Eldred Pottinger Elphinstone enemy Envoy escort eyes Eyre face Feringhi fight fire force friends Gandamak garrison gate Ghazni Ghilzais guard guns Gurkhas halt hand Haughton heart Herat hills honour hope horse hostages hundred India Istalif Jalálabad jezails Kandahar Kazzilbash Khurd Kabul knew Kohistan Lady Sale Lawrence letter Lord Auckland Lord Ellenborough Macgregor Mackenzie's Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar ment miles morning night Nott numbers officers once party passed Peshawur plain Pollock Pottinger's prisoners regiment remained retreat rode rupees Sahib Sale's Saleh Mahomed seemed sent sepoys Shah Shah Shuja Shelton Sirdar snow soldiers sowars spirit Sturt sword Tazín things thousand tion treaty troops Troup valley walls William Macnaghten women word wounded wrote
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Page 309 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank, and fiery Hun, Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave ! And charge with all thy chivalry ! Few, few, shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 189 - Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury ; thou shalt no more drink it again : but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee ; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Page 394 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Page 387 - In the faith of little children we lay down and died. On the sand-drift — on the veldt-side — in the fernscrub we lay, That our sons might follow after by the bones on the way. Follow after — follow after! We have watered the root, And the bud has come to blossom that ripens for fruit! Follow after — we are waiting by the trails that we lost For the sound of many footsteps, for the tread of a host.
Page 394 - Where is now their God? 11 O let the vengeance of Thy servants' blood that is shed : be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight. 12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before Thee : according to the greatness of Thy power, preserve Thou those that are appointed to die.
Page 446 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 394 - O remember not our old sins ; but have mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are come to great misery.