CONTENTS.
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BOOK IV.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| [August-December, 1839.] | |
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| Dawn of the Restoration—Difficulties of our Position—ProposedWithdrawal of the Army—Arrival of Colonel Wade—HisOperations—Lord on the Hindoo-Koosh—Evils of our Policy—DefectiveAgency—Moollah Shikore—Our Political Agents—Operationsin the Khybur Pass—The Fall of Khelat | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| [January-September, 1840.] | |
| The Great Game in Central Asia—The Russian Expedition to Khiva—Apprehensionsof Burnes—Colonel Stoddart—Affairs onthe Hindoo-Koosh—Failure of the Russian Expedition—Conductof the Sikhs—Herat and Yar Mahomed—Mission ofAbbott and Shakespear—Disturbances in the Ghilzye Country—Fallof Khelat—Arthur Conolly | [32] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| [June-November, 1840.] | |
| The last Struggles of Dost Mahomed—The British in the Hindoo-Koosh—TheAmeer’s Family—Occupation of Bajgah—Disasterof Kamurd—Escape of Dost Mahomed—Feverish State ofCaubul—Dennie’s Brigade—Defeat of the Ameer—Sale in theKohistan—The Battle of Purwandurrah—Surrender of DostMahomed | [73] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| [November, 1840-September, 1841.] | |
| Yar Mahomed and the Douranees—Season of Peace—Position ofthe Douranees—The Zemindawer Outbreak—Conduct of YarMahomed—Departure of Major Todd—Risings of the Douraneesand Ghilzyes—Engagements with Aktur Khan and theGooroo—Dispersion of the Insurgents | [99] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| [September-October, 1841.] | |
| Aspect of Affairs at Caubul—The King—The Envoy—Burnes—Elphinstone—TheEnglish at Caubul—Expenses of the War—Retrenchmentof the Subsidies—Risings of the Ghilzyes—Sale’sBrigade—Gatherings in the Kohistan—Sale’s Arrivalat Gundamuck—The 1st of November | [135] |
BOOK V.
[1841-1842.]
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