The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . VILLAGE-BETWEEN DIR AND GUJAR. and difficult a country, and the speed with whichit was brought up behind the troops was a verynoticeable feature of the march. It was broughtInto Chltral within two days from the arrivalthere of the 3rd Brigade; a wonderful achieve-ment when the nature of the ground over which Ithad to pass is taken into consideration. What the. THE FIELD TELEGRAPH 237 ground was like may be judged from this photo-graph, showing the construction of the telegraph onthe Dir side of the Lowarai Pass. On goo
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . VILLAGE-BETWEEN DIR AND GUJAR. and difficult a country, and the speed with whichit was brought up behind the troops was a verynoticeable feature of the march. It was broughtInto Chltral within two days from the arrivalthere of the 3rd Brigade; a wonderful achieve-ment when the nature of the ground over which Ithad to pass is taken into consideration. What the. THE FIELD TELEGRAPH 237 ground was like may be judged from this photo-graph, showing the construction of the telegraph onthe Dir side of the Lowarai Pass. On good grounda mile of wire could be put up in an hour, butover mountain passes the rate of progress was ofcourse considerably slower. It is a fact worth
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