Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1854 Sir William Nott (1782-1845) was an army officer in the East India Company who commanded British and Anglo-Indian forces in the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42). He was born into a farm family of modest means in Glamorganshire, Wales, and received a limited elementary education. He embarked for India in 1800, and received a commission in the army of the East India Company. For many years he commanded a succession of native infantry regiments. Throughout his military career he appreciated the military qualities of the sepoy (Indian soldiers serving in the army of the East India Company), which he compared favorably with those of the British soldier. A colonel before the Anglo-Afghan War began, Nott soon was promoted to general. He commanded British and native troops in several successful engagements and on January 13, 1842, was appointed commander of all British and Anglo-Indian troops in Lower Afghanistan and Sind. He won a major victory over Afghan forces near Ghazni on August 30, 1842, which led to the capture of Kabul and ultimately termination of the war. After service as resident at the court of Lucknow, Nott returned to England, where within two years he died. This book was compiled posthumously by J.H. Stocqueler, the author of several books of biography and British military history, using documents in the possession of Nott's daughters. Volume two of the work has a long appendix containing documents relevant to Nott's activities in Afghanistan, some by Nott himself but most by other officers. Nott is regarded by historians as by far the best British general in the Anglo-Afghan War. |
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... - tinguished member ; -to earn , by appropriate means , the love and confidence of those whom he com- manded , and to hold in utter abhorrence anything which savoured of meanness , trickery , poltroonery , and PREFACE . vii.
... - tinguished member ; -to earn , by appropriate means , the love and confidence of those whom he com- manded , and to hold in utter abhorrence anything which savoured of meanness , trickery , poltroonery , and PREFACE . vii.
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... means that he acquired the taste for agricultural pursuits which never afterwards forsook him . While , however , his youthful frolics were too much for the weak health of his mother , his good spirits and warm feelings were duly ...
... means that he acquired the taste for agricultural pursuits which never afterwards forsook him . While , however , his youthful frolics were too much for the weak health of his mother , his good spirits and warm feelings were duly ...
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... means of educating European youth ; the schools being rarely conducted by competent individuals . But in the plains , the difficulties which must attend any attempt to cultivate the intellects of children are greatly enhanced by the ...
... means of educating European youth ; the schools being rarely conducted by competent individuals . But in the plains , the difficulties which must attend any attempt to cultivate the intellects of children are greatly enhanced by the ...
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... mean to send him to England with Edmund . I suppose you and William run about famously during your leisure hours . You will be able to show me all the delightful walks , and the beautiful and highly picturesque views , of hill and dale ...
... mean to send him to England with Edmund . I suppose you and William run about famously during your leisure hours . You will be able to show me all the delightful walks , and the beautiful and highly picturesque views , of hill and dale ...
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... means ) to other counties for a fixed residence . More than a year afterwards he reverts to the subject . You allude to Job's Well . It is by no means likely that I shall reside there , and perhaps not even in Wales , but of this I can ...
... means ) to other counties for a fixed residence . More than a year afterwards he reverts to the subject . You allude to Job's Well . It is by no means likely that I shall reside there , and perhaps not even in Wales , but of this I can ...
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Стр. 465 - Soojah-ool-Moolk, whose popularity throughout Afghanistan had been proved to his Lordship by the strong and unanimous testimony of the best authorities.
Стр. 464 - M'Neill, Her Majesty's Envoy, that his Excellency has been compelled, by a refusal of his just demands, and by a systematic course of disrespect adopted towards him by the Persian Government, to quit the Court of the Shah, and to make a public declaration of the cessation of all intercourse between the two Governments. The necessity under which Great Britain is placed of regarding the present advance of the Persian arms into Afghanistan as an act of hostility towards herself, has also been officially...
Стр. 465 - Shoojah-ool-Moolk, whereby his Highness is guaranteed in his present possessions, and has bound himself to co-operate for the restoration of the Shah to the throne of his ancestors. The friends and enemies of any one of the contracting parties, have been declared to be the friends and enemies of all.
Стр. 462 - Maharajah would not be slow to avenge this aggression ; and it was to be feared that the flames of war being once kindled in the very regions into which we were endeavouring to extend our commerce, the peaceful and beneficial purposes of the British government would be altogether frustrated.
Стр. 439 - ... stained by the foul crime of assassination, has, through a failure of supplies, followed by consummate treachery, been able to overcome a body of British troops, in a country removed, by distance and difficulties of season, from the possibility of succour. But the GovernorGeneral in Council, while he most deeply laments the loss of the brave officers and men, regards this partial reverse only as a new occasion for displaying the stability and vigour of the British power, and the admirable spirit...
Стр. 466 - His Majesty Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk will enter Afghanistan surrounded by his own troops, and will be supported against foreign interference and factious opposition by a British army. The Governor- General confidently hopes that the Shah will be speedily replaced on his throne by his own subjects and adherents; and when once he shall be secured in power, and the independence and integrity of Afghanistan established, the British army will be withdrawn.
Стр. 465 - Macnaghten was accordingly deputed, in June last, to the court of his Highness, and the result of his mission has...
Стр. 466 - Affghans have been impaired. Even to the Chiefs, whose hostile proceedings have given just cause of offence to the British Government, it will seek to secure liberal and honourable treatment, on their tendering early submission, and ceasing from opposition to that course of measures which may be judged the most suitable for the general advantage of their country.
Стр. 451 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India, in council, that Dost Mahomed Khan, the ex-chief of Cabool, surrendered himself to me yesterday evening.