The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . of tinned meat whenever itwas possible to obtain it, and always tried to arrangefor it to be cooked at the time when it was to beeaten, so that they might have it hot, with allits juice, and get as much good out of it aspossible. These little matters are of more import-ance than they seem. Moltke said that the first partof an army to wear out is its feet, but it is a questionwhether its stomach is not quite as vulnerable. As soon as the troops reached Ashreth helio-graphic communication was established from thecrest of
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . of tinned meat whenever itwas possible to obtain it, and always tried to arrangefor it to be cooked at the time when it was to beeaten, so that they might have it hot, with allits juice, and get as much good out of it aspossible. These little matters are of more import-ance than they seem. Moltke said that the first partof an army to wear out is its feet, but it is a questionwhether its stomach is not quite as vulnerable. As soon as the troops reached Ashreth helio-graphic communication was established from thecrest of the pass with Gujar on the one sideand Ashreth on the other; the helio messagesbeing flashed to the top of a hill just aboveAshreth, and transmitted to the camp by flagsignals. The signallers had hard, trying work all 234 THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN through the campaign. They had to stand forhours at the signal station at the top of the pass Inan Icy cold wind, and In other places suffered almostas much from exposure to the sun. The use made of the telegraph in so mountainous. 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
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