From Cadet to Colonel: The Record of a Life of Active Service, Volume 1Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - Afghan Wars |
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Affghans ajdaha Akber amongst angle arms army arrived attack Bala Hissar Bameean bank bastion Beloochees Bhurtpoor boat body Bolan Pass brigadier Buldeo Calcutta camels camp camp-followers Captain cattle cavalry cholera colonel column command commenced David Ochterlony Desert destroyed duty enemy enemy's feet fellow fire gabions garrison gate gave ghans Ghuznee Gilzaees grass guard Gundummuck guns half halted hand havildar head heavy horse houses hundred inches India instantly Jellalabad juzzails killed looked matchlock Meerut ment miles morning native night numbers officers once parapet party pass Peshawer Piper's Hill poor ramparts ravines reached rear-guard regiment river road Rojhan round ruins rushed sahib Sale sappers seen sent sentries sepoys shot side skirmishers soldiers soon stream sunga tent took town trees trenches troops valley village walls whilst whole wounded yards