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... ACTION AT URZOO , ETC. CHAPTER XXVIII . " THE DIVINE FIGURE FROM THE NORTH " -A PERIOD OF CALM -THE KIZILBASHES , ETC. . CHAPTER XXIX . THE AMIRSHIP OFFERED TO ABDUR RAHMAN - CAVALRY ACTION AT PADKHAO SHANA CHAPTER XXX . FORMAL ...
... ACTION AT URZOO , ETC. CHAPTER XXVIII . " THE DIVINE FIGURE FROM THE NORTH " -A PERIOD OF CALM -THE KIZILBASHES , ETC. . CHAPTER XXIX . THE AMIRSHIP OFFERED TO ABDUR RAHMAN - CAVALRY ACTION AT PADKHAO SHANA CHAPTER XXX . FORMAL ...
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... ACTIONS AROUND CABUL , DECEMBER 11 To 14 , 1879 3. OPERATIONS NEAR CABUL , DECEMBER 13 AND 14 , 1879 4. THE SIEGE OF SHERPUR - PLAN OF THE DEFENCES 5. THE BATTLE OF AHMED KHEL , APRIL 19 , 1880 . 6. THE ACTION AT URZOO , APRIL 23 , 1880 ...
... ACTIONS AROUND CABUL , DECEMBER 11 To 14 , 1879 3. OPERATIONS NEAR CABUL , DECEMBER 13 AND 14 , 1879 4. THE SIEGE OF SHERPUR - PLAN OF THE DEFENCES 5. THE BATTLE OF AHMED KHEL , APRIL 19 , 1880 . 6. THE ACTION AT URZOO , APRIL 23 , 1880 ...
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... action when Cabul should be finally reached . But the Amir's authority has plainly crumbled to the dust in his capital ; and , if not a fugitive , he must have come as a suppliant to us to rein- state him on the throne , at the same ...
... action when Cabul should be finally reached . But the Amir's authority has plainly crumbled to the dust in his capital ; and , if not a fugitive , he must have come as a suppliant to us to rein- state him on the throne , at the same ...
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... action . Our true attack had now been recognized by Nek Mahomed and he hastened to reinforce his right ; a stream of men was seen pouring along the rearmost ridges from the direction of the Sang- i - Nawishta , and standards borne by ...
... action . Our true attack had now been recognized by Nek Mahomed and he hastened to reinforce his right ; a stream of men was seen pouring along the rearmost ridges from the direction of the Sang- i - Nawishta , and standards borne by ...
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... action . The enemy's second position was attacked by the 72nd Highlanders and the 5th Ghoorkas , aided by the three companies just mentioned , and at three o'clock the Afghan right had been broken up , and their regiments were flying ...
... action . The enemy's second position was attacked by the 72nd Highlanders and the 5th Ghoorkas , aided by the three companies just mentioned , and at three o'clock the Afghan right had been broken up , and their regiments were flying ...
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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 Baker Bala Hissar bazaars Bemaru brigade British Butkhak Cabul camp Candahar cantonments Captain Charasia Chardeh Valley Charikar chiefs Colonel command Deh-i-Afghan Durbar enemy escort fighting fire flank force Frederick Roberts garrison Ghazni Ghilzais Gough Government ground guard Hazara Heights hills horses India Jellalabad Jugdulluck Khan's Kheyl killed Kizilbashes Kohistanis Kotal Kushi Lieutenant Logar Logar river Luttabund Macpherson Mahomed Jan Maidan maliks miles moollah Mountain Battery mountain guns Mustaufi mutineers officers party Peshawur picquet regiments ridge rifles road sent sepoys shells Shere Ali Shere Ali's Sherpur shot Shutargardan Siah Sung Sir Donald Stewart Sir F Sir Frederick Roberts Sirdar soldiers sowars sungar tent to-day tribes tribesmen troops Turkistan village Wali Mahomed walls wounded Yakub Khan yards
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