Scenes in a soldier's life: being a connected narrative of the principal military events in Scinde, Beeloochistan, and Affghanistan, during 1839-43, etc1848 |
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23rd Fusiliers 56th Regiment advance Affghanistan Affghans Ameers amongst appearance arms army arrival Artillery attack baggage Bala Hissar battle became body Bolun Pass Bombay Brigade British Cabool camels camp Candahar cantonments Captain cattle cavalry chief citadel Colonel command Commissariat consequence Dadur despatched directed encampment enemy entrance Envoy Europeans evacuated fatigue fire force formed fortress Futteh Khan gates Ghuznee Gool Government ground guard guns halted harrassing Herat hills horses hundred Hydrabad Indus Kelat Khiva Kojuk Kotra Kurrachie Lancashire length Lieut Lieutenant loss Mahomed Major Manchester matchlocks ment miles miserable Montreal mountains Native Infantry Newcastle under Lyme night Nott Nusseer officers party Peshawar possession Prince prisoners proceeded Quebec Quetta readers road route Royal Engineers scarcely scene Scinde sent Sepoys Sergeant Shah Shooja shot sick Sir John Keane situation soldier soon Street succeeded Sukkur tents tion treachery tribes Troops whole wounded