Forty-one Years in India, 第 2 卷R. Bentley, 1897 |
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5th Punjab 5th Punjab Cavalry 72nd Highlanders Abdur Rahman advance Afghan Afghanistan Alikhel Amir Amir's amongst army arrangements arrived Artillery attack Author Ayub Khan Baker Bala Hissar Bengal brigade Brigadier-General British Government British officers Calcutta camp Captain Cavagnari Chief Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief communication crown 8vo defence Demy 8vo despatched Edition enemy enemy's England Excellency Field Force fire frontier Ghazni Government of India ground guns Gurkhas Highness hills honour hope Horse Illustrations informed Kabul Kandahar Khan's Khyber large numbers late letter Lieutenant-Colonel Logar Lord Lytton Macpherson Mahomed Majesty Major Major-General ment miles military Miss Mission Mountain battery Native novel pass Peshawar Portrait position PUBLISHERS in ORDINARY Punjab Infantry reached received regiments RICHARD BENTLEY rifles Roberts Royal Ruler Russian sent Sher Sherpur Shutargardan Sikhs Simla Sir Donald Stewart Sirdar soldiers transport tribes tribesmen troops Umbeyla valley Viceroy village vols Wali wife wounded Yakub Khan
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