The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 299
... so . Where a single military mis - hap may entail conse- quences very difficult to estimate or foresee , it is imperatively necessary that the commander be thoroughly conversant with every piece THE OUTBREAK IN CABUL , AND ITS CAUSES . 299.
... so . Where a single military mis - hap may entail conse- quences very difficult to estimate or foresee , it is imperatively necessary that the commander be thoroughly conversant with every piece THE OUTBREAK IN CABUL , AND ITS CAUSES . 299.
Page 300
... Cabul ; and it must be allowed , that however objectionable might be the sys- tem above adverted to , a Cotton and an Elphinstone were not calculated , either by their mental or their physical capa- cities , to be entrusted with the ...
... Cabul ; and it must be allowed , that however objectionable might be the sys- tem above adverted to , a Cotton and an Elphinstone were not calculated , either by their mental or their physical capa- cities , to be entrusted with the ...
Page 301
... Cabul . This period is chosen , not because the events , which had preceded , should be altogether cast out of a review of the remote causes of the outbreak , but because in order to bring them to bear with their own proper weight and ...
... Cabul . This period is chosen , not because the events , which had preceded , should be altogether cast out of a review of the remote causes of the outbreak , but because in order to bring them to bear with their own proper weight and ...
Page 302
... Cabul , Ghuzni , and Can- dahar , that nothing but an army well provided with battering guns could have shaken his hold on these important points . Shah Shuja might possibly , with such a bit in the mouths of the people and with ...
... Cabul , Ghuzni , and Can- dahar , that nothing but an army well provided with battering guns could have shaken his hold on these important points . Shah Shuja might possibly , with such a bit in the mouths of the people and with ...
Page 303
... be ex- pected to mould itself to the habits and feelings of the people , and must therefore necessarily be disliked by them ; and , worst of all , there was no prospect that such a system THE OUTBREAK IN CABUL , AND ITS CAUSES . 303.
... be ex- pected to mould itself to the habits and feelings of the people , and must therefore necessarily be disliked by them ; and , worst of all , there was no prospect that such a system THE OUTBREAK IN CABUL , AND ITS CAUSES . 303.
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Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst appears army attack Bala Hissar battalion Bengal Bombay Brahmans brigade British Buddhist Cabul Calcutta Captain Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command commenced course Court cultivation Diamond Harbour district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Emperor enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Fund Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu honour Hungary India influence interest Judson Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land language Lord Macnaghten Madras matter means measures ment military mind Moohummudun Namuh native nature Nawab never North Western Provinces object officers pass period Persian Police portion possessed present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received record regard remarks render respect revenue rupees Sanskrit schools Scinde Scindians Shah Shah Shuja sipahis spirit thing tion troops Urdu village whilst whole Zeila