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" I fear that it would have the very worst efiect — it would be construed into a defeat, and our character as a powerful nation would be entirely lost in this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would... "
The life and correspondence of field marshal sir George Pollock - Page 300
by Charles Rathbone Low - 1873
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2

Sir John William Kaye - Afghan Wars - 1851 - 708 pages
...a powerful nation would be entirely lost in this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would not have...have already been forwarded for the information of his Lordship. If, while these communications were in progress, I were to retire, it would be supposed...
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2

Sir John William Kaye - History - 1851 - 708 pages
...to its relief. But the relief of that garrison is only one object; there still reVOL. II. 2 H main others which we cannot disregard — I allude to the...have already been forwarded for the information of his Lordship. If, while these communications were in progress, I were to retire, it would be supposed...
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2

Sir John William Kaye - History - 1851 - 714 pages
...a powerful nation would be entirely lost in this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would not have...relief of that garrison is only one object; there still reVOI,. II. 2 H mnin others which we cannot disregard—I allude to the release oi' the prisoners....
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2

Sir John William Kaye - History - 1851 - 702 pages
...a powerful nation would be entirely lost in this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would not have...relief of that garrison is only one object; there still reVOL. II. 2 H main others which we cannot disregard — I allude to the release of the prisoners....
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2

Sir John William Kaye - History - 1851 - 704 pages
...to its relief. But the relief of that garrison is only one object; there still reVOL. II. 2 II main others which we cannot disregard — I allude to the...expect about nineteen Europeans from Budeeabad in a lew days. The letters which have passed about other prisoners have already been forwarded for the information...
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Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott ..., Volume 2

Sir William Nott - Afghan Wars - 1854 - 510 pages
...this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellallabad has been saved, which it could not have been had a force not been sent to its relief;...disregard. I allude to the release of the prisoners. Fifty similar extracts might be given from the correspondence in the possession of General Nott's family....
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Considerations on tactics and strategy, by G. Twemlow

George Twemlow - Strategy - 1855 - 264 pages
...Deuteronomy, ch. u. world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it could not have been, had a force not been sent to its relief;...disregard, I allude to the release of the prisoners."* On the 14th June, 1842, we find General Pollock thus addressing Major-General Nott, "My plans are not...
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 3

Sir John William Kaye - Afghan Wars - 1858 - 488 pages
...a powerful nation would be entirely lost in this part of the world. It is true that the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would not have...prisoners. I expect about nineteen Europeans from Budeeabad iu a few days. The letters which have passed about other prisoners have already been forwarded for...
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History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the ..., Volume 8

Archibald Alison - Europe - 1859 - 968 pages
...the garrison of Jellalabad has been saved, which it would not have been had not a force been sent for its relief. But the relief of that garrison is only...disregard : I allude to the release of the prisoners."— GENERAL POLLOCK to the Secretary to the Government, May 13, 1842 ; KATE, ii. 57. "As this is not a...
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Life of Sir Henry Lawrence, Volume 1

Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 518 pages
...of the world." It was true that Jellalabad had been relieved, " but the relief of that garrison was only one object. There still remain others which we cannot disregard. I allude," said Pollock, " to the release of the prisoners." And then he went boldly on to propose that General...
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