The Afghan War of 1879-80W. H. Allen & Company, 1881 - 567 páginas 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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... Sir Frederick Roberts never received official intimation of its exist- ence , and he welcomed me at Ali Kheyl on the eve of his departure for Kushi as , I am sure , he would have welcomed any other correspondent who had chosen to cross ...
... Sir Frederick Roberts never received official intimation of its exist- ence , and he welcomed me at Ali Kheyl on the eve of his departure for Kushi as , I am sure , he would have welcomed any other correspondent who had chosen to cross ...
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... Sir Frederick Roberts's punishment of Cabul , in support of which criticism he mainly relied upon my letters , I am grateful for his estimate of my work . I can scarcely hope that all my critics will be equally generous . I have ...
... Sir Frederick Roberts's punishment of Cabul , in support of which criticism he mainly relied upon my letters , I am grateful for his estimate of my work . I can scarcely hope that all my critics will be equally generous . I have ...
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... Sir Frederick Roberts , who was in Simla , engaged on the work of the Army Commis- sion , was called up to receive a telegram . It was from the Kurram Valley , and conveyed the first news of the Massacre , which he then and there ...
... Sir Frederick Roberts , who was in Simla , engaged on the work of the Army Commis- sion , was called up to receive a telegram . It was from the Kurram Valley , and conveyed the first news of the Massacre , which he then and there ...
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... Sir Frederick Roberts , Commanding the Force ; Brigadier General Macpherson , C.B. , V.C. , to command the 1st ... Roberts arrived at Ali Kheyl . On the 13th General Baker took command of the troops in the Shutargardan ; which Pass , by ...
... Sir Frederick Roberts , Commanding the Force ; Brigadier General Macpherson , C.B. , V.C. , to command the 1st ... Roberts arrived at Ali Kheyl . On the 13th General Baker took command of the troops in the Shutargardan ; which Pass , by ...
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... Sir Louis Cavagnari's death , an exact estimate of the position at Cabul cannot be arrived at . The conference which is sure to take place with Sir Frederick Roberts in a day or two will settle what course is to be taken , and it is to ...
... Sir Louis Cavagnari's death , an exact estimate of the position at Cabul cannot be arrived at . The conference which is sure to take place with Sir Frederick Roberts in a day or two will settle what course is to be taken , and it is to ...
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23rd Pioneers 3rd Sikhs 5th Ghoorkas 5th Punjab Cavalry 5th Punjab Infantry 72nd Highlanders 9th Lancers Abdur Rahman Afghan Afghanistan Amir Amir's arms army Artillery Asmai attack baggage Baker Bala Hissar bastion 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 gate Ghazni Ghilzais Gough Government ground Hazara Heights Herat hills horses India Jellalabad Jugdulluck Khan's Kheyl Khyber Kila killed Kizilbashes Kohistanis Kotal Lieutenant Logar Logar river Luttabund Macpherson Mahomed Jan Maidan maliks miles moollah Mountain Battery mountain guns native officers party Peshawur picquet plain regiments ridge rifles road sent sepoys shells Shere Ali Sherpur shot Shutargardan Siah Sung Sir F Sir Frederick Roberts Sirdar soldiers sowars sungar tent to-day tribesmen troops Turkistan village Wali Mahomed walls wounded Yakub Khan yards
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