Author: Parliament proc, VictPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Précis of official papers, session 1880-1881
Author: Parliament proc, VictPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Precis of Official Papers, Being Abstracts of All Parliamentary Returns
Author: Précis of Official Papers; Being Abstracts of All Parliamentary Returns Directed to be Printed by Both Houses of Parliament. Session 1880, 81 and 1882, No. 1
Author: Coal Mines Inspection: Its History and Results
Author: Robert Nelson BoydPublisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Afghan War of 1879-80
Author: Howard HensmanPublisher:
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
The Afghan War of 1879-80 is a detailed account of the final phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), consisting of a reprinting in book form of letters originally written from the field and published in an Indian newspaper. The author, Howard Hensman, was a special correspondent of the Allahabad Pioneer. He was the only journalist to accompany the Anglo-Indian Kurram Valley Field Force that marched from Ali Kheyl, Afghanistan, to Kabul in the fall of 1879 following the uprising of Afghan forces in Kabul in September of that year and the massacre of the British envoy, Sir Louis Cavagnari, and other British officials in the city. The first letter is dated September 28, 1879, the last September 20, 1880. Brief explanatory texts are used to introduce some of the letters and provide context. Each letter runs to several pages, and collectively they offer a vivid first-hand account of the war as seen from a British perspective. Hensman describes, for example, the courageous charge by Afghan Ghazis at the Battle of Ahmed Khel (April 19, 1880) and the desperate, hand-to-hand fighting with British, Sikh, and Gurkha troops that ensued; the Battle of Maiwand (July 27, 1880), in which a force of 2,500 British and Indian troops was routed by a much larger Afghan force; and many other engagements. The book contains ten detailed foldout maps of the major military operations and battles of the war. A short appendix provides information about the heights above sea level of places in Afghanistan, distances by road between key points, and transportation in the Indian army.
The Truth about Opium
Author: William H. BreretonPublisher:
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Category : Opium
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In Zululand with the British Throughout the War of 1879
Author: Charles L. Norris-NewmanPublisher:
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Category : Zulu (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Malay, Achinese, French, and English Vocabulary ... With a Concise Malay Grammar
Author: A J W. BikkersThe Expiring Continent
Author: Alexander William MitchinsonPublisher:
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Category : Senegambia
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Reginald Barentyne, Or, Liberty Without Limit
Author: Frederick George LeePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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