Narrative of Services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the Years 1840, 1841 & 1842W.H. Allen and Company, 1848 - 337 sider |
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Narrative of Services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the Years 1840, 1841 ... Lewis Robert Stacy Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1848 |
Narrative of Services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the Years 1840, 1841 ... Lewis Robert Stacy Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1848 |
Narrative of Services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the Years 1840, 1841 ... Lewis Robert Stacy Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1848 |
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2nd brigade 41st foot 42nd native 43rd light infantry 43rd native infantry 9-pounder Affghans Allee Musjid army arrived attack Azim Khan baggage Bolan Pass Bombay Brahooe brigade Cabool camels Candahar Captain Delamain cavalry chiefs Colonel Stacy column commanding Dadur Darogah Gool Mahomed despatch detachment durbar enemy enemy's fire force Ghuznee godown guns halted hills horse artillery horsemen Hykulzye Istaliff jezailchees jezails Kelat Khan of Kelat khan's camp Kojuck Kotroo letter Lieutenant-Colonel light companies Mahomed Sudeeq Majesty's 40th Majesty's 41st Major Browne Major Nash Major Outram Major Simmons Major-General Nott Meer Esah Khan Meer Khamal Khan Meer Mahomed Mehrab Khan mile Moolla Nasseer Oolla Moostung moved Murrees Nasseer Khan Nott's numbers officers orders party picquets political agent Quetta reached rear rear-guard received Rheimdad road Ross Bell round shot Saloo Khan sent sepoys Shah Newaz Khan shewed shot Sikhs sirdars tribes whilst William Nott wounded young khan Zheree
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Side 337 - On two sheets — size, 4 ft. 3 in. wide ; 3 ft. 4 in. high, 16s. ; or, on cloth, in a case, £1 5s. Map of the Steam Communication and Overland Routes between England, India, China, and Australia. In a case, 14s. ; on rollers, and varnished, 18s. Map of China, From the most Authentic Sources of Information. One large sheet — size, 2 ft. 7 in. wide ; 2 ft. 2 in. high, 6s. ; or, on cloth, in case, 8s. Map of the World ; On Mercator's Projection, showing the Tracts of the Early Navigators, the Currents...
Side 337 - Compiled chiefly from surveys executed by order of the Government of India. On six sheets — size, 5 ft. 3 in. wide ; 5 ft. 4 in. high, £2 ; or, on cloth, in case, £2 12s.
Side 178 - Lordship's letter of the 4th instant ; having looked at the difficulties in every point of view, and reflected on the advantages which would attend a successful accomplishment of such a move, and the moral influence it would have throughout Asia ; I have come to a determination to retire a portion of the army under my command, via Ghuznee and Cabool. I shall take with me not a large, but a compact and well-tried force, on which I can rely.
Side 337 - With Tables of Distances between the principal Towns and Military Stations On one sheet — size, 2 ft. 3 in. wide ; 2 ft. 9 in. high, 9s. ; or, on cloth, in a case, 12s. Map of the Western Provinces of Hindoostan, The Punjab, Cabool, Scinde, Bhawulpore, &c., including all the States between Candahar and Allahabad.
Side 332 - ... as detached parties of the beaten Affghans still occupied some very lofty heights, the mountain train ascended them by a dizzy pathway ,^and dispersed the fugitives by its effective fire. Our reserve was now established on the lower heights, and the •whole of the place, filled with property of every description, much of it plundered from our army in 1841, was in the hands of our...
Side 337 - ... £2 10s. Map of India and China, Burmah, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and the Empire of Anam. On two sheets — size, 4 ft. 3 in. wide ; 3 ft. 4 in. high, 16s. ; or, on cloth, in a case, £1 5s.
Side 327 - Captain TH Scott, of the 38th Regiment Native Infantry. I fully appreciate this excellent officer's merits ; he has been with me in four actions. I trust I shall not be thought presumptuous in expressing a hope that he will receive some mark of the favour of Government, by Brevet or otherwise. I cannot close this...
Side 337 - On one sheet— size, 2 ft. 3 in. wide ; 2 ft. 9 in. high, 9s. ; or, on cloth, in a case, 12s. Map of the Western Provinces of Hindoostan, The Punjab, Cabool, Sinde, Bhawulpore, &c., including all the States between Candahar and Allahabad. On four sheets — size, 4 ft. 4 in. wide ; 4 ft. 2 in.
Side 326 - I moved out with one half of my force ; the enemy advanced in the most bold and gallant manner, each division cheering as they came into position ; their left being upon a hill of some elevation, their centre and right along a low ridge, until their flank rested on a fort filled with men. They opened a fire of small arms, supported by two...