. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . day. As sure as we do, descendants willproduce my 1 Indent for supplies as a testimonialto the good services performed by their ancestorin former years. The budding political to whomit will be shown will be horrified at its ingeniousbrutality, and, at the dinner-table, will be outspokenin his righteous indignation against the politicalmethods of former days. The story will spread,and some war correspondent with a thirst for horrorswill pounce on the precious morsel, wire an em-bellished version to hi
. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . day. As sure as we do, descendants willproduce my 1 Indent for supplies as a testimonialto the good services performed by their ancestorin former years. The budding political to whomit will be shown will be horrified at its ingeniousbrutality, and, at the dinner-table, will be outspokenin his righteous indignation against the politicalmethods of former days. The story will spread,and some war correspondent with a thirst for horrorswill pounce on the precious morsel, wire an em-bellished version to his paper—yes, and no doubt inthe end I shall be held up to opprobrium on theplatform of Exeter Hall, and pilloried as a monsterin human shape and a true type of the Indian official. Such were Brownes experiences of the Afghancampaign. Meanwhile, during Stewarts and Brownes absenceat Khelat-i-Ghilzie, Biddulphs columns on the Helmund,towards Herat, had been having an interesting ex-perience. On January 16th, the day after General Stewarthad begun the movement towards Khelat-i-Ghilzie,. WITH GENERAL BIDDULPH 195 Biddulphs force started from Candahar to Girishk,on the Helmund, and arrived there at the end ofthe month. The party remained there exploring andsurveying and gathering information till February23rd, when it began to return. On the 26th the rearguard was attacked by a party of Alizyes, whom itdefeated and punished severely, but with the loss ofone officer. The whole country affecting the routefrom Candahar to Girishk was thoroughly surveyed,and General Biddulph sent a very full and ablereport on its strategical features and General Biddulph was now free for the exploringexpedition, of which he had received notice, and inwhich he was to be aided by Browne and Nicholson,through the hitherto unseen and unknown ThulChotiali district between Quetta and the Derajat. Butbefore proceeding to the narrative of these opera-tions, we may close the present portion of
Size: 1315px × 1900px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidlifetimesofgener00inne
