The Coming Struggle for India: Being an Account of the Encroachments of Russia in Central Asia, and of the Difficulties Sure to Arise Therefrom to EnglandCassell, 1885 - 214 頁 |
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第 11 頁
... British assistance for the re- occupation of Peshawur , then in the hands of Rendjit Singh , he very naturally lent an eager ear to overtures coming from the rival of Great Britain . Vitkovitch was listened to with particular attention ...
... British assistance for the re- occupation of Peshawur , then in the hands of Rendjit Singh , he very naturally lent an eager ear to overtures coming from the rival of Great Britain . Vitkovitch was listened to with particular attention ...
第 12 頁
... British soldiers , but rather to the utter want of knowledge how to deal with Asiatics , imparted the first stain of shame to the English military character in Asia . It is exceedingly interesting to notice how all the personal valour ...
... British soldiers , but rather to the utter want of knowledge how to deal with Asiatics , imparted the first stain of shame to the English military character in Asia . It is exceedingly interesting to notice how all the personal valour ...
第 46 頁
... British officer tried to buy his way through plundering nomads , the Russian traders in disguise aimed at , and succeeded , in pur- chasing a place of strategical and commercial import- ance , with the sole object of hoodwinking Europe ...
... British officer tried to buy his way through plundering nomads , the Russian traders in disguise aimed at , and succeeded , in pur- chasing a place of strategical and commercial import- ance , with the sole object of hoodwinking Europe ...
第 58 頁
... British ministers at the Court of Teheran . Persia took nicely to the lesson of European civilisation ; the Crown Prince of Persia had a parti- cular fancy for the English language , and the British officers employed to drill the ...
... British ministers at the Court of Teheran . Persia took nicely to the lesson of European civilisation ; the Crown Prince of Persia had a parti- cular fancy for the English language , and the British officers employed to drill the ...
第 64 頁
... British statesmen in relation to Russian encroachments in Central Asia has had , from the first , that mark of leniency , indecision , and irresolution which has unfortunately prevailed up to the present time . Here and there we may ...
... British statesmen in relation to Russian encroachments in Central Asia has had , from the first , that mark of leniency , indecision , and irresolution which has unfortunately prevailed up to the present time . Here and there we may ...
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