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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... miles away . In this mood of mind he neared his destination , and became gradually aware of many changes that could not be distinguished afar off . An outcrop of tents among the black rocks showed where the reliefs were encamped at Siah ...
... miles away . In this mood of mind he neared his destination , and became gradually aware of many changes that could not be distinguished afar off . An outcrop of tents among the black rocks showed where the reliefs were encamped at Siah ...
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... miles north of Kabul , near the Kohistan road , they now stood , almost completed , an eyesore from every practical point of view ; bare and defenceless as sheepfolds against the day of vengeance , when the wolves of Afghanistan would ...
... miles north of Kabul , near the Kohistan road , they now stood , almost completed , an eyesore from every practical point of view ; bare and defenceless as sheepfolds against the day of vengeance , when the wolves of Afghanistan would ...
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... miles away . To the same severe test Pottinger's own zeal was sub- jected also , before many months were out ; for he was destined to suffer as much as any soldier of them all from Macnaghten's false optimism , false position , and ...
... miles away . To the same severe test Pottinger's own zeal was sub- jected also , before many months were out ; for he was destined to suffer as much as any soldier of them all from Macnaghten's false optimism , false position , and ...
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... miles north of Kabul , as the crow flies , the streams of these valleys unite and flow eastward into the rebellious district of Nijrão , the theatre of Dōst Mahomed's last stand . Of all the valleys under Pottinger's charge , Nijrão ...
... miles north of Kabul , as the crow flies , the streams of these valleys unite and flow eastward into the rebellious district of Nijrão , the theatre of Dōst Mahomed's last stand . Of all the valleys under Pottinger's charge , Nijrão ...
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... miles up the valley on the farther side of the canal stood the townlet of Charikar , guarded by the castle of its chief , Khojah Mir Khan . Here also well commanded by the castle - were the quarters of the Charikar garrison . A regiment ...
... miles up the valley on the farther side of the canal stood the townlet of Charikar , guarded by the castle of its chief , Khojah Mir Khan . Here also well commanded by the castle - were the quarters of the Charikar garrison . A regiment ...
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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 |
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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.