. Battles of the nineteenth century . , are now very welldisposed to us. They acknowledge our suzerainty,but are ruled by their thums as of old ; and wedo not interfere with them in the least so longas they abstain from raiding and Hunza valley provides a new recruitingground for India. When it was proposed to raisea Hunza levy for frontier defence, the youngtribesmen gladly volunteered ; and within a iowmonths of the Hunza War, a small body of ourrecent foes, led by British officers, completelydefeated a far superior force of Shinakas whichhad attacked our outposts on the In
. Battles of the nineteenth century . , are now very welldisposed to us. They acknowledge our suzerainty,but are ruled by their thums as of old ; and wedo not interfere with them in the least so longas they abstain from raiding and Hunza valley provides a new recruitingground for India. When it was proposed to raisea Hunza levy for frontier defence, the youngtribesmen gladly volunteered ; and within a iowmonths of the Hunza War, a small body of ourrecent foes, led by British officers, completelydefeated a far superior force of Shinakas whichhad attacked our outposts on the Indus. Lieutenant Manners-Smith, in recognition ofhis gallant leading of the forlorn hope on the20th, received the Victoria Cross—the thirdthat had been gained in the course of this shortbut memorable ^J«C(^. 299
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