The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . cable for mules. Altogether it Avas a mosthazardous ride. After about a fortnights delay General Gatacremoved on to Chitral, Sir Robert Low and the head-quarters staff following a day or two later. On hisarrival there on the i6th May, Sir Robert Lowreviewed all the troops then in Chitral : the GilgitRelief Force, the 3rd Brigade of the Chitral ReliefForce, and the half company of the [4th Sikhs, whohad been in fort during the siege, looking haggard andweak after their long fast, but with the proud bear-inof of men who
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . cable for mules. Altogether it Avas a mosthazardous ride. After about a fortnights delay General Gatacremoved on to Chitral, Sir Robert Low and the head-quarters staff following a day or two later. On hisarrival there on the i6th May, Sir Robert Lowreviewed all the troops then in Chitral : the GilgitRelief Force, the 3rd Brigade of the Chitral ReliefForce, and the half company of the [4th Sikhs, whohad been in fort during the siege, looking haggard andweak after their long fast, but with the proud bear-inof of men who have fought a Q^ood fiq-ht and wonit. The rest of the garrison, the 4th Kashmir Rifles,had been sent with Whitchurch to escort Campbell,and the sick convoy to Gilgit. It was a grandly dramatic spectacle. The little REVIEW IX CHITRAL 239 mehtar, Shuja-ul-Mulk, was introduced to Sir RobertLow by Mr. Robertson, who wore his arm in asling, for he was still suffering from his salute of thirteen guns was fired, which im-mensely impressed the crowd of Chitralis who were. BRIDGE BETWEEN ZIARAT AND ASHRETH. looking on, and Sir Robert Low briefly addressedthe troops. The morning was a lovely one, calm and cloudless,and Chitral, beautiful at all times, never looked morebeautiful than it did then. The troops were drawnup on the slope of the hill between the bridge and thevillage of Danin. Behind them rose the giant peaksof Tiritch Mir. Immediately beneath them flowed 240 THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN the river, with the fort on the opposite bank, dis-mantled and gory from the fierce struggle throughwhich it had passed. Beyond it stretched the valley,green with fruit-trees and waving cornfields. SherAfzuls house could be seen on the crest of the hillto the right, and to the left the house of Rab NawazKhan could just be discerned through the thicket oftrees that surrounded it ; while Rab Nawaz Khanhimself was present, terribly slashed about, and withone arm disabled for ever, but looking full
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