Campaign of the Indus

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T. W. E. Holdsworth. Campaign of the Indus

Campaign of the Indus

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INTRODUCTION

CAMPAIGN OF THE INDUS

LETTER I

LETTER II

LETTER III

LETTER IV

LETTER V

LETTER VI

LETTER VII

LETTER VIII

LETTER IX

LETTER X

LETTER XI

LETTER XII

LETTER XIII

APPENDIX

FALL OF GHUZNI, & ENTRANCE OF THE BRITISH. ARMY INTO CABOOL

(From the Bombay Government Gazette Extraordinary of. August 29th, 1839.)

SECRET DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION.—SECRET DEPARTMENT

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD AUCKLAND, G.C.B., ETC

No. 1

Names of Officers wounded

No. 2

Names of Officers killed wounded, and missing

GENERAL ORDER,

By his Excellency Lieutenant-Gen. Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus

ENTRANCE INTO CABOOL (From the Delhi Gazette Extraordinary, of Thursday, Aug. 29.) NOTIFICATION.—SECRET DEPARTMENT

(Copy.) TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD AUCKLAND, G.C.B., ETC

Extract from a Letter from his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B. and G.C.H., dated Head-Quarters, Camp, Cabool, August 8th, 1839:—

Extract from a Letter from W.H. Macnaghten, Esq., Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Shooja-ool-Moolk, dated Cabool, 9th of August, 1839:—

(From the Bombay Government Gazette Extraordinary of August 29th.)

FROM THE. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,

Thursday, Feb. 13th

INDIA BOARD, FEB. 13TH

GENERAL ORDERS, By the Governor-General of India

FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS WILLSHIRE, K.C.B., TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA

Return of Casualties in the army under the command of Major-General Willshire, C.B., employed at the storming of Kelat, on the 13th of November, 1839:—

Names of Officers killed and wounded

State of the Corps engaged at the storming of Kelat, on the 13th of November, 1839, under the command of Major-General Willshire, C.B

List of Beloochee Sirdars killed in the assault of Kelat, on the 13th of November, 1839:—

Prisoners

CAPTURE OF THE FORT AND CITADEL OF KELAT

FOOTNOTES

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T. W. E. Holdsworth

In a Series of Letters from an Officer of the Bombay Division

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What is the cause of all this bustle and war I hardly know myself, and, at all events, it is too long to make the subject of a letter; I must therefore refer you to the papers for it; but I have heard from old officers that for the last twenty years the Company have been anxious to establish themselves west and north of the Indus. It is not likely, therefore, now that they have such an opportunity, that they will let it slip, so that perhaps we may be quartered there for the next two or three years. How it will turn out I know no more than the man in the moon: a soldier is a mere machine, and is moved by his superiors just as a chessman by a chess-player. Should there be any skrimmaging, our men are in high spirits, and will, I think, soon make the Ameers put their pipes in their pockets. Ours is the first European army that has been on the Indus since the time of Alexander.

I was obliged to sell my horses and other things on leaving Belgaum, at a dead loss. I intend buying another horse when we land in Sinde, as I am told we can get good ones very cheap there. This is a regular case of here to-day and there to-morrow: perhaps my next letter may be dated from Cashmere—who knows? I felt rather sorry at leaving Belgaum; we were all of us excessively rejoiced to get out of Bombay. The report at first was, that we were to garrison it for the next two or three years, and we were therefore very glad when we found that was not to be the case. Now, it is said, there is a chance of our going into Persia; but I do not think that we shall. The man waits to lay the cloth on the cuddy table, where I am writing, so I must conclude for the present.

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