. Forty-one years in India : from subaltern to commander-in-chief . ketch by Colonel Wood-thorpe, , RE.) - - - To face page 146 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II. The Entrance to the Bala Hissar—The LahoreGate at Kabul. (Engraved on wood from aPhotograph) - - - To face page 232 Sketch showing the Operations in the ChardehValley on December 10th and 11th, 1879 To face page 278Plan to illustrate the Defences of Sherpur andthe Operations round Kabul in December, 1879 To face page 306Crossing the Zamburak Kotal. (Engraved on woodfrom a Painting by the Chevalier Desanges) To face page 350P
. Forty-one years in India : from subaltern to commander-in-chief . ketch by Colonel Wood-thorpe, , RE.) - - - To face page 146 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II. The Entrance to the Bala Hissar—The LahoreGate at Kabul. (Engraved on wood from aPhotograph) - - - To face page 232 Sketch showing the Operations in the ChardehValley on December 10th and 11th, 1879 To face page 278Plan to illustrate the Defences of Sherpur andthe Operations round Kabul in December, 1879 To face page 306Crossing the Zamburak Kotal. (Engraved on woodfrom a Painting by the Chevalier Desanges) To face page 350Plan of the Eoute taken from Kabul to Kandahar To face page 356Sketch of the Battle-field of Kandahar To face page 368Portraits of the Three Commanders-in-Chief (SirDonald Stewart, Sir Frederick Roberts, andSir Arthur Hardinge) - - To face page 385 Portrait of His Highness Abdur Rahman, Amir ofAfghanistan. (Engraved upon steel by W. Boffefrom a Photograph) - - -To face page 393 Map of Central Asia - - To face page 396 s*W 4* *• %, i; % * W *d ,5 i> FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS ON HIS FAVOURITE ARAB CHARGER VONOLEL, 1877-1896. Decorated by Special Permission of Her Majesty the Queen with the Kabul Medal with four Clasps, and the Kabul-Kandahar Star. FROM A SKETCH BY CHARLES FUMSE, MADE FROM AM INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH. FORTY-ONE YEABS IN INDIA. CHAPTEK XXXV. In the autumn of 1863, while we were preparing forthe usual winter tour, Sir Hugh Eose, who had accom-panied Lord Elgin on a trip through the hills, telegraphedto the Head-Quarters staff to join him at Mian Mir withoutdelay. The news which greeted us on our arrival was indeeddisturbing. Lord Elgin was at Dharmsala in a dyingcondition, and the Chief had been obliged to leave him andpush on to Lahore, in consequence of unsatisfactory reportsfrom Brigadier-General Chamberlain, who was just thencommanding an expedition which had been sent into themountains near Peshawar, and had met with unexpectedopposition. The c
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