Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 10; Volume 25D. Appleton & Company, 1886 |
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... troops in June , 1884 , the extreme Afghan frontier post on the Murghab was Bala Murghab . In Bad- ghis and on the Heri Rud , north of the Borkhut mountains , there were no Afghan settlements or military posts . The Russian Government ...
... troops in June , 1884 , the extreme Afghan frontier post on the Murghab was Bala Murghab . In Bad- ghis and on the Heri Rud , north of the Borkhut mountains , there were no Afghan settlements or military posts . The Russian Government ...
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... troops . An army could not assemble in Merv except slowly , in detachments , and amid many difficulties and privations . Nor do the oasis and the narrow strip of cultivated ground along the Murghab produce a sufficient surplus of food ...
... troops . An army could not assemble in Merv except slowly , in detachments , and amid many difficulties and privations . Nor do the oasis and the narrow strip of cultivated ground along the Murghab produce a sufficient surplus of food ...
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... troops had been gathering in the Sarik district , where the Afghans held the town of Penjdeh and the line of communica- tions along the Murghab . The Afghan sen- tries were posted on the bluff of Aktapa , di- rectly north of the town ...
... troops had been gathering in the Sarik district , where the Afghans held the town of Penjdeh and the line of communica- tions along the Murghab . The Afghan sen- tries were posted on the bluff of Aktapa , di- rectly north of the town ...
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... troops from the Soodan to meet the emergency , and declaring that there was abundant cause for prepara- tion : I am not called upon to define - and I would find great difficulty in doing so , since it does not stand upon any choice of ...
... troops from the Soodan to meet the emergency , and declaring that there was abundant cause for prepara- tion : I am not called upon to define - and I would find great difficulty in doing so , since it does not stand upon any choice of ...
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... troops and of 3,000 soldiers of the native chiefs gave him a high opinion of the strength and efficiency of the Indian army . A jeweled sword presented him by the Viceroy he de- clared would be used against the enemies of the British ...
... troops and of 3,000 soldiers of the native chiefs gave him a high opinion of the strength and efficiency of the Indian army . A jeweled sword presented him by the Viceroy he de- clared would be used against the enemies of the British ...
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