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Author :Lady Florentia Wynch Sale Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 13 :9780192803900 Total Pages :186 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (39 download)
Book Synopsis A Journal of the First Afghan War by : Lady Florentia Wynch Sale
Download or read book A Journal of the First Afghan War written by Lady Florentia Wynch Sale and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1843 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Afghan War of 1838-1842 witnessed one of the greatest defeats ever inflicted upon the British by an Asian enemy. This was the retreat from Kabul. On 6 January 1842, a force that with its followers numbered some 16,000 marched from Kabul under an illusory safe conduct; one week later Surgeon William Brydon rode alone into Jellalabad - apart from the few prisoners, the only British survivor. The rest, men, women, and children, lay dead along the ninety mile route, some killed by the ruthless Afghan enemy, the rest frozen to death in the snow. Of all the participants in the tragedy none has told the story better than Florentia, Lady Sale. Almost the archetype of the 'General's Lady', she was the wife of the doughty second-in-command at Kabul, Sir Robert Sale. Her journal begins in September 1841 when the whole position of the British, and the butterfly social existence they led in the Kabul cantonments, was menaced both by Afghan intrigue and by the incompetence oftheir own command. The journal ends a year later with the romantically appropriate rescue of Florentia by her own husband from nine months' captivity in Afghan hands. In the intervening period she had undergone the dangers of siege, the shame of capitulation and the horror of retreat; had witnessed battle, murder, and sudden death, had been exposed to freezing cold and burning heat, had endured the discomforts of vermin-infested lodgings and the terror of incessant earthquakes. All that humanity and nature could do to molest her was recorded with a laconic imperturbability and an occasional flash of sardonic humour.
Book Synopsis The First Anglo-Afghan Wars by : Antoinette Burton
Download or read book The First Anglo-Afghan Wars written by Antoinette Burton and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for classroom use, The First Anglo-Afghan Wars gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. From 1839 to 1842, and again from 1878 to 1880, Britain fought to expand its empire and prevent Russian expansion into the region's northwest frontier, which was considered the gateway to India, the jewel in Victorian Britain's imperial crown. Spanning from 1817 to 1919, the selections reflect the complex national, international, and anticolonial interests entangled in Central Asia at the time. The documents, each of which is preceded by a brief introduction, bring the nineteenth-century wars alive through the opinions of those who participated in or lived through the conflicts. They portray the struggle for control of the region from the perspectives of women and non-Westerners, as well as well-known figures including Kipling and Churchill. Filled with military and civilian voices, the collection clearly demonstrates the challenges that Central Asia posed to powers attempting to secure and claim the region. It is a cautionary tale, unheeded by Western powers in the post–9/11 era.
Book Synopsis Retreat and Retribution in Afghanistan 1842 by : Margaret Kekewich
Download or read book Retreat and Retribution in Afghanistan 1842 written by Margaret Kekewich and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blow to British pride and confidence caused by the crushing defeat of their army in Afghanistan during the winter of 1841/2 compares in its impact to the disaster in New York on 11 September 2001. The British had replaced a popular and effective monarch with a weak one in the mistaken belief that he would keep the Russians at bay. Two years later, nearly all the British and Indian soldiers in the region were killed in a popular uprising.Margaret Kekewichs perceptive new study of the conflict describes the British defeat, their reoccupation of Afghanistan in the spring of 1842, then their final withdrawal at the end of the year. Her account, which is based on the graphic diaries written by two British eyewitnesses, gives a fascinating insight into the conflict in Afghanistan 150 years ago.The story is told by, first, Lady Sale who together with over 100 women, children and soldiers was captured and imprisoned by the Afghans. The second account comes from the Reverend Allen, a young chaplain to the army that invaded Afghanistan in April 1842 to avenge British humiliation and rescue the prisoners. Both these eyewitnesses deplored the follies that had led to war and defeat and also the suffering that was inflicted on many innocent Afghans.At a time when British forces are deeply engaged in another war in Afghanistan, Margaret Kekewich offers a balanced and thought-provoking new perspective on a previous conflict in the region.
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War by : Lady Florentia Wynch Sale
Download or read book The First Afghan War written by Lady Florentia Wynch Sale and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1969 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War 1839–42 by : Richard Macrory Hon KC
Download or read book The First Afghan War 1839–42 written by Richard Macrory Hon KC and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britain's Great Game – Afghanistan would create a buffer to any potential Russian expansion towards India. This history traces the initial, campaign which would see the British easily occupy Kabul and the rebellion that two years later would see the British army humbled. Forced to negotiate a surrender the British fled Kabul en masse in the harsh Afghan winter. Decimated by Afghan guerilla attacks and by the harsh cold and a lack of food and supplies just one European – Dr Brydon would make it to the safety of Jalalabad five days later. This book goes on to trace the retribution attack on Kabul the following year, which destroyed the symbolic Mogul Bazaar before rapidly withdrawing and leaving Afghanistan in peace for nearly a generation.
Book Synopsis A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 by : Florentia Wynch Sale
Download or read book A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 written by Florentia Wynch Sale and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lady Sale (nee Florentia Wynch) travelled with her British Army officer husband Robert Sale. During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842) she and others were kidnapped in Afghanistan. Her journal is an account of that period and details the events of the retreat from Kabul. An interesting journal of a Victorian lady published only months after her return."--Abebooks.
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War by : Mowbray Morris
Download or read book The First Afghan War written by Mowbray Morris and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a brief account, written for a popular audience, of the First Anglo-Afghan War, published in 1878, the year that marked the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80). The First Anglo-Afghan War began in late 1838 when the British launched an invasion of Afghanistan from India with the aim of overthrowing the Afghan ruler, Amir Dōst Moḥammad Khān, and replacing him with the supposedly pro-British former ruler, Shāh Shujāʻ. The British were at first successful. They installed Shāh Shujāʻ as ruler in Jalalabad and forced Dōst Moḥammad to flee the country. But in 1841 Dōst Moḥammad returned to Afghanistan to lead an uprising against the invaders and Shāh Shujāʻ. In one of the most disastrous defeats in British military history, in January 1842 an Anglo-Indian force of 4,500 men and thousands of followers was annihilated by Afghan tribesmen. The British then sent a larger force from India to exact retribution and to recover hostages, before finally withdrawing in October 1842. The concluding sentence of this book sums up the essential futility of the conflict: "And so the English army left secure on the throne of Afghanistan the dynasty they had spent so many millions of treasure and so many lives to overthrow." The book is by Mowbray Walter Morris (1847-1911), editor of Macmillan's Magazine and the author of works of biography and literary criticism.
Book Synopsis The Defence of Kahun by : Charles Reynolds Williams
Download or read book The Defence of Kahun written by Charles Reynolds Williams and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Afghan War, 1838-1842: From the Journal and Correspondence of Augustus Abbott (1879) by : Augustus Abbott
Download or read book The Afghan War, 1838-1842: From the Journal and Correspondence of Augustus Abbott (1879) written by Augustus Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War and Its Causes by : Sir Henry Marion Durand
Download or read book The First Afghan War and Its Causes written by Sir Henry Marion Durand and published by London : Longmans, Green. This book was released on 1879 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 by : Florentia Wynch Sale
Download or read book A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 written by Florentia Wynch Sale and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2" by Florentia Wynch Sale. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War 1839–42 by : Richard Macrory Hon KC
Download or read book The First Afghan War 1839–42 written by Richard Macrory Hon KC and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britain's Great Game – Afghanistan would create a buffer to any potential Russian expansion towards India. This history traces the initial, campaign which would see the British easily occupy Kabul and the rebellion that two years later would see the British army humbled. Forced to negotiate a surrender the British fled Kabul en masse in the harsh Afghan winter. Decimated by Afghan guerilla attacks and by the harsh cold and a lack of food and supplies just one European – Dr Brydon would make it to the safety of Jalalabad five days later. This book goes on to trace the retribution attack on Kabul the following year, which destroyed the symbolic Mogul Bazaar before rapidly withdrawing and leaving Afghanistan in peace for nearly a generation.
Book Synopsis Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan 1841-2 by : Lady Florentia Sale
Download or read book Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan 1841-2 written by Lady Florentia Sale and published by . This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed the soldier s wife par excellence by The Times, Florentia Sale was one of the most remarkable figures of the First Afghan War. The wife of Brigadier (Later Major-General Sir) Robert Sale, who was to die in the first Sikh War at Mudki in 1845, she had remained in Kabul with her daughter and son-in-law whilst her husband defended Jalalabad. She was forced to join the disastrous retreat from Kabul in January 1842, when she was twice wounded, and taken into captivity with a number of others by Akbar Khan. Her Journal covers the events in Kabul and the retreat as well as her nine month s captivity and eventual rescue.
Book Synopsis The Afghan War, 1838-1842 by : Augustus Abbott
Download or read book The Afghan War, 1838-1842 written by Augustus Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Churchill's First War by : Con Coughlin
Download or read book Churchill's First War written by Con Coughlin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--Title page verso.
Book Synopsis The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80 by : Archibald Forbes
Download or read book The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80 written by Archibald Forbes and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1892 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Book Synopsis The First Afghan War by : Lady Florentia Wynch Sale
Download or read book The First Afghan War written by Lady Florentia Wynch Sale and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
