Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke, Late Brigadier-general Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke, Late Brigadier-general Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880
Author: Henry Francis Brooke
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3385439868

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Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880
Author: Brooke Henry Francis
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2016-06-23
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ISBN: 9781318093878

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke; Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from Apri

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke; Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from Apri
Author: Henry Francis Brooke
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230237053

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. From To Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, M.P., War Office. Mrs. Brooke, Ashbrooke, Brookeboro'. I deeply regret to have to announce to you that General Brooke fell in a sortie from Kandahar on the Sixteenth of August. Pray accept my most sincere condolences on the terrible loss to yourself and to the country. Lt.-General Sir Henry Ponsonby presents his compliments to Mrs. Brooke. He has been commanded to convey the Queen's sincere and earnest sympathy with her in her grief, and Her Majesty's sorrow at the loss sustained by Mrs. Brooke in the recent action near Kandahar, where the Queen has had to lament the death of so many brave officers and men. The accounts which Her Majesty has received of BrigadierGeneral Brooke only increase her deep regret that she should have been deprived of the services of so gallant and worthy a soldier. From Her Majesty the Queen. Balmoral Castle, August 27th, 1880. From To H. E. The Governor, Mrs. Brooke, Bombay. Ashbrooke, Brookeboro'. Viceroy desires me to convey to you his deep sympathy, in which I beg to join. It is reported your gallant Husband was killed while trying to carry off Captain Cruikshank when wounded. From Major General Dillon. Horse Guards, Pall Mall, London, August 30th, 1880. My dear Mrs. Brooke, I have waited for some days before carrying out the wishes of the Duke of Cambridge, received from Kissengen, to convey to you by letter an expression of His Royal Highness' deep sympathy with you in your great affliction, and his sense of the loss which the service has sustained by the death of a gallant soldier and distinguished officer. In alluding to the sad event in the last letter received from Germany only to-day, His Royal Highness continues--" I am too sorry for General Brooke's "death, ...

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke

Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781331137023

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Excerpt from Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke: Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan; From April 22nd to August 16th, 1880 The following Journal or Diary was written by my dear Husband - to use his own words - "for you, of course, first, but written in this form specially for the dear chicks, and therefore quite simple and plain, so as to interest and amuse them; but I shall be very glad if it interests the others if you will send it the rounds, as then I need not try to write the same story aver and over again, which is very tiresome." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Military History of Afghanistan

A Military History of Afghanistan
Author: Ali Ahmad Jalali
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0700624074

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The history of Afghanistan is largely military history. From the Persians and Greeks of antiquity to the British, Soviet, and American powers in modern times, outsiders have led military conquests into the mountains and plains of Afghanistan, leaving their indelible marks on this ancient land at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In this book Ali Ahmad Jalali, a former interior minister of Afghanistan, taps a deep understanding of his country's distant and recent past to explore Afghanistan's military history during the last two hundred years. With an introductory chapter highlighting the major military developments from early times to the foundation of the modern Afghan state, Jalali's account focuses primarily on the era of British conquest and Anglo-Afghan wars; the Soviet invasion; the civil war and the rise of the Taliban; and the subsequent U.S. invasion. Looking beyond persistent stereotypes and generalizations—e.g., the "graveyard of empires" designation emerging from the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th century and the Soviet experience of the 1980s—Jalali offers a nuanced and comprehensive portrayal of the way of war pursued by both state and non-state actors in Afghanistan against different domestic and foreign enemies, under changing social, political, and technological conditions. He reveals how the structure of states, tribes, and social communities in Afghanistan, along with the scope of their controlled space, has shaped their modes of fighting throughout history. In particular, his account shows how dynastic wars and foreign conquests differ in principle, strategy, and method from wars initiated by non-state actors including tribal and community militias against foreign invasions or repressive government. Written by a professional soldier, politician, and noted scholar with a keen analytical grasp of his country's military and political history, this magisterial work offers unique insight into the military history of Afghanistan—and thus, into Afghanistan itself.

Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare

Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare
Author: James L. Hevia
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 022656231X

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Until well into the twentieth century, pack animals were the primary mode of transport for supplying armies in the field. The British Indian Army was no exception. In the late nineteenth century, for example, it forcibly pressed into service thousands of camels of the Indus River basin to move supplies into and out of contested areas—a system that wreaked havoc on the delicately balanced multispecies environment of humans, animals, plants, and microbes living in this region of Northwest India. In Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare, James Hevia examines the use of camels, mules, and donkeys in colonial campaigns of conquest and pacification, starting with the Second Afghan War—during which an astonishing 50,000 to 60,000 camels perished—and ending in the early twentieth century. Hevia explains how during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a new set of human-animal relations were created as European powers and the United States expanded their colonial possessions and attempted to put both local economies and ecologies in the service of resource extraction. The results were devastating to animals and human communities alike, disrupting centuries-old ecological and economic relationships. And those effects were lasting: Hevia shows how a number of the key issues faced by the postcolonial nation-state of Pakistan—such as shortages of clean water for agriculture, humans, and animals, and limited resources for dealing with infectious diseases—can be directly traced to decisions made in the colonial past. An innovative study of an underexplored historical moment, Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare opens up the animal studies to non-Western contexts and provides an empirically rich contribution to the emerging field of multispecies historical ecology.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1975
Genre: Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN:

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