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CAMPAIGN OF THE INDUS.
CAMPAIGN
OF
THE INDUS:
IN
A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM AN OFFICER OF THE
BOMBAY DIVISION.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
BY
A.H. HOLDSWORTH, ESQ.
1840.
INTRODUCTION.
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The circumstance of an English army penetrating into Central Asia,
through countries which had not been traversed by European troops since
Alexander the Great led his victorious army from the Hellespont to the
Jaxartes and Indus, is so strong a feature in our military history, that
I have determined, at the suggestion of my friends, to print those
letters received from my son which detail any of the events of the
campaign. As he was actively engaged with the Bombay division, his
narrative may be relied upon so far as he had an opportunity of
witnessing its operations; and it being my intention to have only a few
copies printed, to give to those friends who may take an interest in his
letters, I need not apologize for the familiar manner in which they are
written, as they were intended by him only for his own family, without
an idea of their being printed.
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