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With Kelly to Chitral · Chapter 1Gilgit,

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21st October 1895

My Dear Mother,

Before you read this short history of a few brief weeks, I must warn you that it is no record of exciting adventure or heroic deeds, but simply an account of the daily life of British officers and Indian troops on a frontier expedition.

How we lived and marched, what we ate and drank, our small jokes and trials, our marches through snow or rain, hot valleys or pleasant fields, in short, all that contributed to fill the twenty-four hours of the day is what I have to tell.

I write it for you, and that it may please you is all I ask.—Your son,

W.b
Contents
Chapter I - Introductory
Chapter II - the March Begins
Chapter III - the Shandur Pass
Chapter IV - from Laspur to Gasht
Chapter V - Chokalwat
Chapter VI - the Reconnaissance from Mastuj
Chapter VII - the Fight at Nisa Gol
Chapter VIII - the March Resumed Through Killa Drasan
Chapter IX - Nearing Chitral
Chapter X - We Reach the Goal

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