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Image 5 of Kandahar in 1879; KANDAHAR IN 1879 BEING THE HI A 11Y OF MAJOR LE MESSURIER RE fj 77 BRIGADEMAJOR RE WITH THE QUETTA COLUMN CVv h9 PSS JlEPRINTED with Jlcorrections dditions FROVI THE JloYAL NGIISEENS… -
Image 6 of Kandahar in 1879; JS LONDON PRINTED BY W H ALLEN AND CO 13 WATERLOO PLACE SW 0 W 3 t i 2 7_ -
Image 7 of Kandahar in 1879; 33 Vi i CONTENTS CHAPTEE ISimla to Dadue Method or Teanspoet etc CHAPTEE ELThe Lowee Bolan to the Gwaja Pass Page 29 CHAPTEE IIILake Lagowlee to Kasdahab Descbiption and Climate op Disteict… -
Image 8 of Kandahar in 1879; IV CONTENTS Page CHAPTER YIHCantonment Amusements 144 CHAPTER IXEquipment and Kit Barrack Construction ljl CHAPTER XTrades and Manufactures of Kandahar 179 CHAPTER XISport and Game The Khojak and our Scientific Frontier 206… -
Image 9 of Kandahar in 1879; KANDAHAR IN 1879 CHAPTER I SimlaUmballaLahoreFerozeporeSiege ParkMooltan Indus ValleySukkurBiluchBiding camelRations BaggageTransport by railTransport by roadMahomed RahimFloodsMangraniRobbers Shikarpore Camel lame Horse ill Griffs Humaoon Jacobabad Bur shoree routeSeatons marchHeat in JuneHumphreys marchThe DesertBurshoreeNouraBandFazl… -
Image 10 of Kandahar in 1879; 2 KANDAHAB IN 1879 baggage and three small hill tents to Umballa via Kalka engaging four mules from the bazaar 95 miles in all Sukaie went in charge of the chesnut waler… -
Image 11 of Kandahar in 1879; PBEPABATIONS FOE THE STABT 3 Monday 18th NovMy dak put off as the Viceroy was leaving Simla and had cleared the road so spent what I considered a spare day in making… -
Image 12 of Kandahar in 1879; 4 KANDAHAR IN 1879 vants their warm clothes and sent the horses off by the midday train to Lahore no horseboxes available so used a covered goods wagon Dined with Mrs M… -
Image 13 of Kandahar in 1879; LAHORE FEROZEPOEE 5 Ferozepore arranged my dak and telegraphed to the officer in charge of the Arsenal inquiring whether the Engineer Siege Park Equipment was ready Bought a small tent at Gillons… -
Image 14 of Kandahar in 1879; 6 KANDAHAR IN 1879 along heavy sand and across temporary bridges the distance of six miles between the permanent banks of the river and this too on the main road between the… -
Image 15 of Kandahar in 1879; MOOLTANSUKKT3K 7 start at once This I agreed to and ran over to an hotel to get what I could a cold curry and two cups of tea with such stores as… -
Image 16 of Kandahar in 1879; 8 KANDAHAR IN 1879 walk After breakfast visited the horses and servants and found that Nickoo had lost the poles of my small tent and when we came to total up accounts… -
Image 17 of Kandahar in 1879; RATIONSTRANSPORT 9 ghee chittack salt i chittaclc and for each horse 8 lbs of grain per day As regards the weight of baggage allowed an officer may have Camp equipage 80 lbs… -
Image 18 of Kandahar in 1879; 10 KANDAHAB IN 1879 which would have to pass Dadur and enter the Bolan for the highlands of Baluchistan The supposed arrangement was that the Transport animals from Sukkur should go to… -
Image 19 of Kandahar in 1879; MANGRANIBOBBERS 11 found my tent pitched and dinner ready Early to bed and slept soundly although I was aroused now and again by Rover who chased the pariah dogs as they scented… -
Image 20 of Kandahar in 1879; 12 KANDAHAR IN 1879 lifted up and the box extracted I turned in again and roused the village at daylight making a thorough search in the neighbourhood got all the head men… -
Image 21 of Kandahar in 1879; SHIKARPORE GRIFFS 13 The ridingcamel turned out lame and there was nothing for it but to rattle Biluch back with it the twentythree miles into Sukkur and let him get another and… -
Image 22 of Kandahar in 1879; 14 KANDAHAR IN 1879 bottle of bad beer and turned in where I found them the next morning like babes in the wood shivering on a charpoy and wrapped up in the… -
Image 23 of Kandahar in 1879; JACOBABAD BURSHOREE ROUTE 15 about 2 pm I cantered on to overtake them Hearing such bad accounts of the road I left Booby and Ruby in MacNeiFs care to follow me hereafter… -
Image 24 of Kandahar in 1879; 16 KANDAHAR IN 1879 mal and crossing what was left of the inundation Here I shot a pintail D acuta and a teal Q crecca One of the soldiers missed his footing… -
Image 25 of Kandahar in 1879; BURSHOREE 17 than 100 rank and file to strengthen Harrisons escort at Kalat narrates how he started on 26th June and out of the detachment on the morning of the 29th 40… -
Image 26 of Kandahar in 1879; 18 KANDAHAR IN 1879 bucket and drank it greedily We had taken as much water as we could with us and knowing well the length of the march and the absence of… -
Image 27 of Kandahar in 1879; NOUEA FAZL SHAH 19 Burshoree clear of the water channels or that we should have kept to the east more on the direct line of telegraph This march in all was 18… -
Image 28 of Kandahar in 1879; 20 KANDAHAR IN 1879 could not pay and were now dependent for their raiment on charity and the bunniah grain dealer Sunday 8th DecAcross a plain the whole way to Hajeekashahr 16… -
Image 29 of Kandahar in 1879; DADURPOST OFFICE 21 or mules we must cut it ourselves as there was none stored This after a long march was trying but I soon picked up sufficient in the field which… -
Image 30 of Kandahar in 1879; 22 KANDAHAR IN 1879 for forage but we must manage to carry it away as neither bags saleetahs nor ropes were available Prior of the QMHs Department was here and also did… -
Image 31 of Kandahar in 1879; COMMISSARIAT STORES 23 referred to as splendid These by the way were handed to us on several pieces of paper and discon nected they desired or rather laid down that all followers… -
Image 32 of Kandahar in 1879; 24 KANDAHAR IN 1879 men to agree to go on with their camels into a pass and up to lands of which they daily received adverse ac counts from the kafilas caravans… -
Image 33 of Kandahar in 1879; FORAGECOMMUNICATIONS 25 and chance it But can anyone conceive a more de plorable state of things and this too especially at a point 150 miles from Sukkur a base on the Indus… -
Image 34 of Kandahar in 1879; 26 KANDAHAR IN 1879 floods if you will look at the map mean an overflow of the Indus over a lowlying tract between Kusmore and the Munchur Lake following the line of… -
Image 35 of Kandahar in 1879; NECESSITY FOE A EAILWAY 27 length over the direct line and moreover it crosses the whole of the hill drainage and would from its very position he open to attack and destruction… -
Image 36 of Kandahar in 1879; 28 KANDAHAR IN 1879 longer permitted to follow the idiosyncracies of childish wilfulness However there is always one satisfaction that whatever time may be wasted and opportunity neglected at first the deficiencies… -
Image 37 of Kandahar in 1879; 29 CHAPTER II The Lower Bolan Kundilani Kirta Bibinani Abigum Mach Dozdan Darwaza Siriab Prices Quetta BaluchistanKushlakSyud YarooHaikalzaiLora Abd oola Kila Headquarters Gulistan Karez The Gwaja PassGundawaniSpintazaPioneer ColumnAdvance Gwaja System of transportLocal… -
Image 38 of Kandahar in 1879; 30 KANDAHAR IN 1879 frontier matters generally he calls this place Kohun dilan saying that it is the best ground to halt at and that a tree marks the spothere it is… -
Image 39 of Kandahar in 1879; KIRTAMUCHDOZDAN 31 A very high wind and Rover was much disturbed by the barking of the hyaenas throughout the night Wood was being collected Saturday 14th DecLeft at 9 this morning went… -
Image 40 of Kandahar in 1879; 32 KANDAHAR IN 1879 The road from Siribolan to Dozdan or the Thieves nullah is in many places not sufficiently defined nor is the haltingground at Dozdan itself and in the absence…
About this Item
Title
- Kandahar in 1879;
Names
- Le Messurier, Augustus, 1837-1916. [from old catalog]
Created / Published
- London, W. H. Allen & co., 1880.
Headings
- - Afghan Wars
- - Afghanistan--Description and travel
- - Kandahār (Afghanistan)
Medium
- iv, 282 p. illus., diagrs. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS364 .L4
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 23000365
Online Format
- image
- online text