Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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Page viii
... Reinforcements from India . Akbar Khan approaches Jellalabad . - The Earthquake of the 19th of February . Destruction and Restoration of the Works . General Pollock's Approach delayed . Exhausted state of the Garrison . - Havelock ...
... Reinforcements from India . Akbar Khan approaches Jellalabad . - The Earthquake of the 19th of February . Destruction and Restoration of the Works . General Pollock's Approach delayed . Exhausted state of the Garrison . - Havelock ...
Page x
... Reinforcements . - The General's valedictory Correspondence with Sir Patrick Grant . - Other Routes for reaching the Residency pro- posed and abandoned . - Detention of a portion of the Reinforcements.— The General's Remarks on the ...
... Reinforcements . - The General's valedictory Correspondence with Sir Patrick Grant . - Other Routes for reaching the Residency pro- posed and abandoned . - Detention of a portion of the Reinforcements.— The General's Remarks on the ...
Page 74
... reinforcement , and , what was of equal , if not greater , value , a plentiful supply of cattle . After passing a week in Cabul , and seeing to the despatch of men and supplies , Havelock again obtained permission of General Elphinstone ...
... reinforcement , and , what was of equal , if not greater , value , a plentiful supply of cattle . After passing a week in Cabul , and seeing to the despatch of men and supplies , Havelock again obtained permission of General Elphinstone ...
Page 76
... reinforcements Sir Robert Sale pushed forward , and having rejoined Colonel Monteith , ad- vanced on the 22nd October , with the whole body advances . of troops , arranged to meet every emergency , through seventeen miles of defiles ...
... reinforcements Sir Robert Sale pushed forward , and having rejoined Colonel Monteith , ad- vanced on the 22nd October , with the whole body advances . of troops , arranged to meet every emergency , through seventeen miles of defiles ...
Page 82
... reinforcements across the Khyber . It was , therefore , resolved to move on Jellalabad . With regard to the Affghan irregulars , to whose care General Elphinstone at one time thought our sick and 1841. ] THE BRIGADE ADVANCES TO ...
... reinforcements across the Khyber . It was , therefore , resolved to move on Jellalabad . With regard to the Affghan irregulars , to whose care General Elphinstone at one time thought our sick and 1841. ] THE BRIGADE ADVANCES TO ...
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