THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL
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THE
RELIEF OF CHITRAL
CAPTAIN G. J. YOUNGHUSBAND
QUEEN'S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES
AUTHOR OF "EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES ON A BURMESE TAT"; "FRAYS
AND FORAYS"; "THE QUEEN'S COMMISSION," ETC., ETC.
AND
COLONEL SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND
K.C.I.E.
INDIAN STAFF CORPS
(LATE POLITICAL OFFICER IN CHITRAL)
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1910
All rights reserved
Reprinted October and December 1895; April 1896; 1897.
Shilling Edition 1910.
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
PREFACE
This book is the joint production of twobrothers, who are constantly being mistakenfor one another, who happened to be presenttogether in the same campaign and to bothact as correspondents of the Times in thatcampaign. The chapters (III. IV. and V.) onSir Robert Low's advance are by CaptainGeorge Younghusband, who was presentthroughout the operations on General Low'sStaff. The remaining chapters are by CaptainFrancis Younghusband, who from his two years'residence in Chitral was better acquainted withthe country through which Colonel Kellymarched his troops, and with the place in whichthe defence was made.
This record of the Chitral campaign is basedon the official despatches published in theGazette of India and in the Blue Book onChitral affairs lately presented to the Houses ofParliament, and the management of the Timeshave kindl