This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ...witnessed the treacherous attack, 164 COLONEL HERRING. rushed to the rear-guard, and the men, snatching up their arms, all set ofi' at a run. We found Lieutenant Carlyon at the foot of the hill, concealed in a small bush, with terrible long spines. The remainder of the unfortunate party soon joined us in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ...witnessed the treacherous attack, 164 COLONEL HERRING. rushed to the rear-guard, and the men, snatching up their arms, all set ofi' at a run. We found Lieutenant Carlyon at the foot of the hill, concealed in a small bush, with terrible long spines. The remainder of the unfortunate party soon joined us in safety, and we hastened up the hill, hoping to find the colonel alive, for the Affghans, seeing the guard coming, had bolted instantly. It was our melancholy lot, however, to discover only his dead body--an awful sight, hacked and mangled in the most frightful manner, with every vestige of his clothing torn off except the wristbands of-his shirt. The body was nearly severed at the loins, and there was a dreadful gash across the chest and through the ribs, exposing the cavity. There were altogether sixteen or seventeen wounds, each sufficient to cause death. With heavy hearts and reverent care, we brought down the poor remains of him we had seen in health and spirits only a few moments before. We swathed his body up, and laid it in a dooly, to be carried into Cabool for burial with such honours as befitted his rank. The colonel was greatly beloved, for he was a kind-hearted man, courteous and just to all, and a most excellent and talented officer. His death in this miserable way was the more lamentable, for it was the result of over-confidence in the Affghans; his noble heart never dreamt of treachery. ARRIVAL AT CABOOL. 165 Not one of the party was armed; even the colonel's orderlies had their muskets unloaded. Had it been otherwise, and if they had shown front for two minutes, the colonel would have been saved, for the Affghans fled the moment they saw our guard. The sad event was the more mortifying, too, from the circumstance that a delay in...
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