The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of HeratConstable, 1913 - 640 pages |
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... wounds , deprived of his estates , and dependent on brother- chiefs for his daily bread , he had held his own for two years , fighting the hated Feringhi whenever opportunity offered , and blackening their character when forced by ...
... wounds , deprived of his estates , and dependent on brother- chiefs for his daily bread , he had held his own for two years , fighting the hated Feringhi whenever opportunity offered , and blackening their character when forced by ...
Page 70
... wounded in the first onset , lay waiting impatiently at Butkhak . Monteath - isolated and useless -waited still more impatiently in the Khurd Kabul Valley , where the Ghilzais made good their chance of harassing his little force . On ...
... wounded in the first onset , lay waiting impatiently at Butkhak . Monteath - isolated and useless -waited still more impatiently in the Khurd Kabul Valley , where the Ghilzais made good their chance of harassing his little force . On ...
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... wounded - a dearer bargain by far than the three thousand rupees that had been saved by irritating the chiefs . Meantime , in Kabul cantonments impatience and anxiety grew apace , while the Kabul chiefs met nightly to hatch fresh plots ...
... wounded - a dearer bargain by far than the three thousand rupees that had been saved by irritating the chiefs . Meantime , in Kabul cantonments impatience and anxiety grew apace , while the Kabul chiefs met nightly to hatch fresh plots ...
Page 90
... wounded for you , Doctor . Poor Salisbury's badly hurt , I'm afraid . ” " We'll see - we'll see , " Grant murmured encouragingly . But encouragement died on his lips when he had examined the wounds . Ensign Salisbury , not yet twenty ...
... wounded for you , Doctor . Poor Salisbury's badly hurt , I'm afraid . ” " We'll see - we'll see , " Grant murmured encouragingly . But encouragement died on his lips when he had examined the wounds . Ensign Salisbury , not yet twenty ...
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... couple of British non- commissioned officers - one already wounded - and a handful of Punjabis to man the guns . These must now prepare to pit themselves against thousands of fanatics well supplied with promiscuous cover , including 92.
... couple of British non- commissioned officers - one already wounded - and a handful of Punjabis to man the guns . These must now prepare to pit themselves against thousands of fanatics well supplied with promiscuous cover , including 92.
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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 - 1913 |
The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part ... Maud Diver Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
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Afghan Afghanistan Akbar Khan arms army arrival Bala Hissar Behmáru Brigadier British Broadfoot brought camels camp cantonments Captain cavalry Charikar cheer chiefs Colin Mackenzie command courage Dōst Mahomed Eldred Pottinger Elphinstone enemy Envoy escort eyes Eyre Feringhi fight fire force friends Gandamak garrison gate General's Ghazni Ghilzais guard guns Gurkhas halt hand Haughton heart Herat hills honour hope horse hostages hundred India Istalif Jalalabad jezails Kandahar Kazzilbash Khurd Kabul knew Kohistan Lady Sale Lawrence letter Lord Auckland Lord Ellenborough Macgregor Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar ment miles morning night Nott Nott's officers once party passed Peshawur plain political Pollock Pottinger's prisoners regiment remained retreat rode rupees Sahib Sale's seemed sent sepoys Shah Shah Shuja Shelton Sirdar snow soldiers sowars spirit Sturt sword Tazín tent things thousand treaty troops Troup valley walls women word wounded wrote