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HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

by

JOHN WILLIAM KAYE, F.R.S.

Third Edition.

In Three Volumes.

VOL. III.

London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 13, Waterloo Place, Publishers to the India Office. 1874.

London. Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.

CONTENTS.

BOOK VII.

CHAPTER I.

[1841-1842.]

PAGE

Efforts at Retrieval—Close of Lord Auckland’s Administration
—Embarrassments of his Position—Opinions of Sir Jasper
Nicolls—Efforts of Mr. George Clerk—Despatch of the First
Brigade—Appointment of General Pollock—Despatch of the
Second Brigade—Expected Arrival of Lord Ellenborough—Further
Embarrassments 1

CHAPTER II.

[January-April: 1842.]

The Halt at Peshawur—Position of Brigadier Wild—His Difficulties
—Conduct of the Sikhs—Attempt on Ali-Musjid—Failure of the
Brigade—Arrival of General Pollock—State of the Force—Affairs
at Jellalabad—Correspondence between Sale and Pollock 34

CHAPTER III.

THE DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD.

[January-March: 1842.]

Situation of the Garrison—Letters from Shah Soojah—Question of
Capitulation—Councils of War—Final Resolution—Earthquake at
Jellalabad—Renewal of the Works—Succours expected 53

CHAPTER IV.

[April, 1842.]

The Forcing of the Khybur Pass—State of the Sikh Troops—Mr.
Clerk at the Court of Lahore—Views of the Lahore Durbar—Efforts
of Shere Singh—Assemblage of the Army at Jumrood—Advance
to Ali-Musjid—Affairs at Jellalabad—Defeat of Akbar Khan
—Junction of Pollock and Sale 74

CHAPTER V.

[January-April: 1842.]

The Last Days of Shah Soojah—State of Parties at Caubul
—Condition of the Hostages—the Newab Zemaun Khan—Letters of
Shah Soojah—His Death—Question of his Fidelity—His Character
and Conduct considered 103

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BOOK VIII.

CHAPTER I.

[November, 1841-April, 1842.]

Affairs at Candahar—Evil Tidings from Caubul—Maclaren’s Brigade
—Spread of the Insurrection—Arrival of Atta Mahmed—Flight of
Sufdur Jung—Attack on the Douranee Camp—Continued Hostilities
—Attack upon the City—Action in the Valley of the Urghundab
—Fall of Ghuznee—Defence of Khelat-i-Ghilzye—Movements of
England’s Brigade 122

CHAPTER II.

[April-June: 1842.]

The Halt at Jellalabad—Positions of Pollock and Nott—Lord
Ellenborough—Opening Measures of his Administration—Departure
for Allahabad—His Indecision—The Withdrawal Orders—Their
Effects—The “Missing Letter”—Negotiations for the Release of
the Prisoners 189

CHAPTER III.

[January-April: 1842.]

The Captivity—Surrender of the Married Families—Their Journey
to Tezeen—Proceed to Tugree—Interviews between Pottinger and
Akbar Khan—Removal to Budeeabad—Prison Life—Removal to Zanda
—Death of General Elphinstone 215

CHAPTER IV.

[December, 1841-June, 1842.]

Stoddart and Conolly—Intelligence of the Caubul Outbreak—Arrest
of the English Officers—Their Sufferings in Prison—Conolly’s
Letters and Journals—Death of the Prisoners 235

CHAPTER V.

[April-July: 1842.]

Affairs at Caubul—Elevation of Futteh Jung—Opposition of the
Barukzyes—Arrival of Akbar Khan—His Policy—Attack on the Balla
Hissar—Its Capture—Conduct of Akbar Khan—Barukzye Strife
—Defeat of Zemaun Khan—Situation of the Hostages and Prisoners 264

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BOOK IX.

CHAPTER I.

[June-September: 1842.]

The Advance from Jellalabad—Instructions of Lord Ellenborough
—The Question of Responsibility—Employment of the Troops at
Jellalabad—Operations in the Shinwarree Valley—Negotiations
for the Release of the Prisoners—The Advance—Mammoo Khail
—Jugdulluck—Tezeen—Occupation of Caubul 283

CHAPTER II.

[May-September: 1842.]

The Advance from Candahar—The Relief of Khelat-i-Ghilzye
—Reappearance of Akbar Khan—General Action with the Douranees
—Surrender of Sufdur Jung—The Evacuation of Candahar—Disaster
near Mookoor—The Battle of Goaine—The Recapture of Ghuznee
—Flight of Shumshoodeen Khan—Arrival at Caubul 313

CHAPTER III.

[September-October: 1842.]

The Re-occupation of Caubul—Installation of Futteh Jung—The
Recovery of the Prisoners—Their Arrival in Camp—The Expedition
into the Kohistan—Destruction of the Great Bazaar—Depredations
in the City—Accession of Shahpoor—Departure of the British Army 341

CHAPTER IV.

[October-December: 1842.]

Effect of the Victories—Lord Ellenborough at Simlah—The
Manifesto of 1842—The Proclamation of the Gates—The
Restoration of Dost Mahomed—The Gathering at Ferozepore
—Reception of the Troops—The Courts-Martial—Conclusion 374

APPENDIX 403

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.