1876.—Quetta occupied.
1877.—Abortive Conference at Peshawar between Sir L. Pelly and the Prime Minister of Shir Ali, Nur Mahomet Shah (February).
1877.—Estrangement of Shir Ali completed.
1878.—Kauffman threatens invasion of Afghanistan and India (June).
1878.—Pamir column despatched under General Abramoff (June).
1878.—Arrival of Stolietoff mission at Kabul (July).
1878.—Refusal of Shir Ali to allow the Mission under Sir Neville B. Chamberlain, Commander of the Madras army, to enter Afghanistan. Major Cavagnari and party threatened with attack at Ali Musjid if progress through Khyber Pass maintained (September 20 and 21).
1878.—Advance continued, November 21.
1878.—Colonel Grodekoff’s ride from Samarkand to Herat (October to November).
1878.—Denunciation of alliance with Dost Mahommed by Lord Lytton (November 21).