"FOR THIS RELIEF, MUCH THANKS!"
["Fort Chitral, April 20.—Colonel Kelly's force from Gilghit arrived to-day.... Much sickness from bad food, excessive work, and exposure. Conduct of troops admirable.... The discipline, devotion, and fortitude displayed by all ranks under circumstances which required all those qualities are beyond all praise."—Dr. Robertson's Summary of the Siege of Chitral.]
"Small time, but, in that small, most greatly liv'd
This star of England."
Chorus: King Henry the Fifth, Act V., Scene 2.
Only one more "little war,"—of course,
Precipitate pluck, and inadequate force—
Such wars as our England wages
At terrible cost in British lives,