Campaign of the Indus

In a Series of Letters from an Officer of the Bombay Dvision

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, British, Biography & Memoir
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Author: T. W. E. Holdsworth, A. H. Holdsworth, Introduction ISBN: 1230000146081
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: June 28, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: T. W. E. Holdsworth, A. H. Holdsworth, Introduction
ISBN: 1230000146081
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: June 28, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

Excerpt

INTRODUCTION.
The circumstance of an English army penetrating into Central Asia, through countries which had not been traversed by European troops since Alexander the Great led his victorious army from the Hellespont to the Jaxartes and Indus, is so strong a feature in our military history, that I have determined, at the suggestion of my friends, to print those letters received from my son which detail any of the events of the campaign. As he was actively engaged with the Bombay division, his narrative may be relied upon so far as he had an opportunity of witnessing its operations...

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INTRODUCTION.
The circumstance of an English army penetrating into Central Asia, through countries which had not been traversed by European troops since Alexander the Great led his victorious army from the Hellespont to the Jaxartes and Indus, is so strong a feature in our military history, that I have determined, at the suggestion of my friends, to print those letters received from my son which detail any of the events of the campaign. As he was actively engaged with the Bombay division, his narrative may be relied upon so far as he had an opportunity of witnessing its operations...

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