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By JOHN WILLIAM KAYE, F.R.S.
THIRD EDITION.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE,
Publishers to the India Office.
1874.
LONDON.
PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET
AND CHARING CROSS.
IF PUBLIC CLAIMS ALONE WERE TO BE REGARDED, I KNOW NOT TOWHOM I COULD MORE FITLY INSCRIBE THESE VOLUMES, THAN TO THEOFFICERS OF A REGIMENT, ON THE ROLLS OF WHICH ARE THE NAMESOF POLLOCK, MACGREGOR, TODD, SHAKESPEAR, LAWRENCE, ABBOTT,ANDERSON, AND OTHERS, DISTINGUISHED IN THE ANNALS OF THEAFGHAN WAR; BUT IT IS IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF SOME OFTHE HAPPIEST YEARS OF MY LIFE THAT I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMESTO THE
OFFICERS OF THE BENGAL ARTILLERY.
Bletchingley,
Oct. 30, 1851.
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The present Edition of the “History of the War inAfghanistan” is a reproduction of the three-volumedEdition of 1857, which was thoroughly revised, and muchimproved by the kindly aid of many of the chief actorsin the scenes described. I do not think that I can makeit any better.
Only one alleged error has been brought to my noticesince the last Edition was published. It is stated, inChapter IV., page 55, that “Mr. Harford Jones, a civilservant of the Company, who was made a Baronet for theoccasion, was deputed to Teheran to negotiate with theMinisters of the Shah.” This was first published in 1851.After a lapse of twenty-three years, I have recently beeninformed by the son of Sir Harford Jones, that his fatherwas not made a Baronet in consideration of prospectivebut of past services. It is certain that Mr. Harford Jonesrendered good service to the East In