The enormous expenditure required for the support of a large force, in a false military position, at a distance from its own frontier and its resources, will no longer arrest every measure for the improvement of the country and of the people. History of the War in Afghanistan - Page 639by Sir John William Kaye - 1851 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| Asia - 1842 - 730 pages
...insurrection at Cabul, we counselled the withdrawn! of our army within our own territories ; we insisted upon the " enormous expenditure required for the support...position, at a distance from its own frontier and resources ;" and the check which such a drain imposed upon "every measure for the improvement of India;"... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...and an enemy approaching from the West, — if, indeed, such an enemy there can be — and no longrr between the army and its supplies. " The enormous...for the support of a large force in a false military posiiion, at a distance from its own frontier and its resources, will no longer arrest every measure... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1843 - 942 pages
...Afghanistan, will be placed between the British army and an enemy approaching from the west, if indeed such an enemy there can be, and no longer between the army and its supplies. The enormous expenditure re. quired for the support of a large force, in a false military position, at a distance from its own... | |
| 1843 - 534 pages
...will be placed between the British army and an enemy approaching from the west — if, indeed such an enemy there can be — and no longer between the army and its supplies." This was true generalship. Whp but Lord Auckland, or some other scrambling commander, would desire... | |
| India - 1846 - 606 pages
...allies, and to the prosperity and happiness of its own faithful subjects. " The rivers of the Punjab and Indus, and the mountainous Passes and the barbarous...be, and no longer between the army and its supplies. " Tne enormous expenditure required for the support of a large force, in a false military position,... | |
| India - 1846 - 626 pages
...Sovereigns and Chief« its allies, and to the prosperity and happiness of iu own faithful subjects. " The enormous expenditure required for the support...distance from its own frontier and its resources, will no louger arrest every measure for the improvement of the country and of the people. " The rivera of the... | |
| Archibald Alison - Europe - 1859 - 968 pages
...will be placed between the British army and an enemy approaching from the west, if, indeed, such an enemy there can be, and no longer between the army and its supplies. "The combined army of England and India, superior in equipment, in discipline, in valour, and in the officers... | |
| Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860 - 724 pages
...will be placed between the British army and an enemy approaching from the west, if, indeed, such an enemy there can be, and no longer between the army and its supplies. "Tile combined army of England and India, superior in equipment, in discipline, in valor, and in the... | |
| John Clark Marshman - India - 1867 - 516 pages
...which they originated have in one short campaign been avenged upon every scene of past misfortune. The enormous expenditure required for the support of a large force in a false position will no longer arrest every measure for the improvement and comfort of the people. The combined... | |
| Joseph Irving - Great Britain - 1871 - 1060 pages
...placed between the British army and an enemy approaching from the West — if, indeed, such an euemy there can be — and no longer between the army and...expenditure required for the support of a large force in ai^'-lsc military position, at a distance from its own frontier and its resources will no longer arrest... | |
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