EBOOK THE AFGHAN WARS ***
Produced by Eric Eldred, Thomas Berger,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
[Illustration: Sir Frederick Roberts]
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THE AFGHAN WARS 1839-42 AND 1878-80
by ARCHIBALD FORBES
With Portraits and Plans
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CONTENTS
PART I.--THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR
CHAP.
I.--PRELIMINARY
II.--THE MARCH TO CABUL
III.--THE FIRST YEAR OF OCCUPATION
IV.--THE SECOND YEAR OF OCCUPATION
V.--THE BEGINNING OF THE END
VI.--THE ROAD TO RUIN
VII.--THE CATASTROPHE
VIII.--THE SIEGE AND DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD
IX.--RETRIBUTION AND RESCUE
PART II.--THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR
I.--THE FIRST CAMPAIGN
II.--THE OPENING OF THE SECOND CAMPAIGN
III.--THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM
IV.--THE DECEMBER STORM
V.--ON THE DEFENSIVE IN SHERPUR
VI.--AHMED KHEL
VII.--THE AMEER ABDURRAHMAN
VIII.--MAIWAND AND THE GREAT MARCH
IX.--THE BATTLE OF CANDAHAR
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
PORTRAIT OF SIR FREDERICK ROBERTS _Frontispiece_
PLAN OF CABUL, THE CANTONMENT
PORTRAIT OF SIR GEORGE POLLOCK
PORTRAIT OF SIR LOUIS CAVAGNARI AND SIRDARS
PLAN OF CABUL SHOWING THE ACTIONS, DEC. 11-14
PLAN OF ACTION, AHMED KHEL
PORTRAIT OF THE AMEER ABDURRAHMAN
PLAN OF THE ACTION OF MAIWAND
PLAN OF THE ACTION OF CANDAHAR
_The Portraits of Sir G.
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