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Page 95
... whole region . On the other hand this was no ground for complacency . At the key positions in these gorges a whole army could be kept at bay by just a handful of defenders ; equally the whole position could be betrayed by just a handful ...
... whole region . On the other hand this was no ground for complacency . At the key positions in these gorges a whole army could be kept at bay by just a handful of defenders ; equally the whole position could be betrayed by just a handful ...
Page 245
... whole mission must press on to Chitral town . It was alto- gether too much like a repeat of the Chilas affair . Robertson still believed in the bold dash ; communications , supplies , artillery would take care of themselves so long as ...
... whole mission must press on to Chitral town . It was alto- gether too much like a repeat of the Chilas affair . Robertson still believed in the bold dash ; communications , supplies , artillery would take care of themselves so long as ...
Page 248
... whole business was that the Kafirs were being sacrificed to save the one man who might successfully have pleaded their cause . For George Robertson , the surrender of Kafiristan was a betrayal . Long ago he had observed that the ...
... whole business was that the Kafirs were being sacrificed to save the one man who might successfully have pleaded their cause . For George Robertson , the surrender of Kafiristan was a betrayal . Long ago he had observed that the ...
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Afghan Afghanistan agent Algy Aman-ul-Mulk Amir Badakshan Baroghil Biddulph British India British officers Bunji Central Asia Chalt Chaprot Chilas Chilasis Chinese Chitral Colonel crossed Dardistan Dards Darkot defence Dogras Durand Elias expedition explorer fact feet force frontier garrison geographical Ghazan Khan Gilgit Agency Gilgit Game Gilgit valley glaciers gorge Grombtchevski ground guns Hayward Himalayas Hindu Kush hundred Hunza Indus Ishkoman journey Kabul Kafiristan Kafirs Karakorams Kashmir Kirghiz Ladakh Lahore later Leitner letter Lockhart London looked Lowarai MacGregor MacNair Maharaja of Kashmir Mastuj Mehtar ment miles military mission months Morty mountain Mulk Aman murder Nagar Nilt Nizam no-one Oxus Pahlwan Pamirs pass Pathan political Punjab Rawlinson reached river road Robertson route Russian Safdar seemed Shandur Sher Afzul side Simla Sinkiang snow soon Srinagar territory Townshend traveller troops Umra Khan upper Oxus valley Viceroy Wakhan Wali Western Himalayas whole Yarkand Yasin Younghusband