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 arrangements arrived attack Azim Khan baggage Bolan Pass Bombay Brahooe brigade Cabool camels Candahar Captain Delamain 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 sirdars tribes troop of horse whilst William Nott young khan Zheree
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Side 332 - ... side of the women and children from the place, to which no interception was offered ; but 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 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...
Side 331 - Istalif, consisting of masses of houses and forts, is built on the slope of a mountain, in the rear of which are yet loftier eminences, shutting in a defile which leads to Toorkistan, and in no way can this place of abode of...
Side 330 - Blood, Bombay foot artillery, and Anderson and Turner, of the Bengal horse artillery, and the 38th and * 43rd Bengal native infantry. I beg to bring under the favourable notice of Government Captain White, of her Majesty's 40th regiment, in command of the light companies of her Majesty's 40th and 41st regiments, and of the 2nd, 16th, 38th, 42nd, and 43rd Bengal native regiments, for the able manner in which he carried my orders into effect, and for the gallantry displayed by him and the companies...
Side 334 - That corps was zealously emulated and supported by the 42nd native infantry under Major Clarkson, and the 43rd under Major Nash. In addition to the services of Major Sanders, as field engineer, I ought to have remarked on the distinguished gallantry with which he accompanied the heads of columns in the advance of Brigadier Tulloch against the gardens and town. Neither must I leave without record the marked intrepidity of Lieutenant Mayne, deputy...
Side 329 - ... them, it was ascertained that the enemy had evacuated the fortress. I directed the city of Ghuznee, with its citadel, and the whole of its works, to be destroyed. I forward the engineer's report. In these operations our loss has been much less than might have been expected from the numbers and positions of the enemy, and the fact of the troops having been necessitated to move under the range of the guns of the fortress. I inclose a list of the killed and wounded.
Side 326 - Governor-General of India the undermentioned Officers : many of them have served under my command for the last three years, and have been conspicuous for their zeal and gallantry in the various affairs which have occurred with the enemy during that period, and especially in the action of the 12th of January last, and have invariably upheld the reputation of our arms, and the honour of our country : Brigadier Wymer, commanding the 1st infantry brigade...
Side 178 - ... 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 the determination to retire a portion of the army under my command via Ghuzni and Caubul. I shall take with me not a large, but a compact and well-tried force on which I can rely.
Side 330 - Regiments, and of the 2nd, 16th, 38th, 42nd, and 43rd Bengal Native Regiments, for the able manner in which he carried my orders into effect, and for the gallantry displayed. by him and the companies under his command, in ascending the mountains and driving the enemy from their positions. I have every reason to be pleased with the conduct of all the troops, European and Native.
Side 319 - Admiralty to transmit to you a copy of a letter which has this day been addressed to the Secretary at Lloyds...