History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 1 (of 3) / Third Edition

The Project Gutenberg eBook, History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3), by Sir John William Kaye

By JOHN WILLIAM KAYE, F.R.S.
THIRD EDITION.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON: WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE,
Publishers to the India Office. 1874.

LONDON. PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

IF PUBLIC CLAIMS ALONE WERE TO BE REGARDED, I KNOW NOT TO WHOM I COULD MORE FITLY INSCRIBE THESE VOLUMES, THAN TO THE OFFICERS OF A REGIMENT, ON THE ROLLS OF WHICH ARE THE NAMES OF POLLOCK, MACGREGOR, TODD, SHAKESPEAR, LAWRENCE, ABBOTT, ANDERSON, AND OTHERS, DISTINGUISHED IN THE ANNALS OF THE AFGHAN WAR; BUT IT IS IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF SOME OF THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF MY LIFE THAT I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES TO THE