29,542
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
{{#widget:Google PlusOne
|size=small
|count=true
}}
→Historical books online
====Historical books online====
*''The Second Afghan War Official Account 1907'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282349 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India. Illustrations are of poor quality. Also available [http://hdl.handle.net/10973/39738 Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India<nowiki>]</nowiki>)]
:The same content was issued under the title [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar00brangoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Second Afghan War, 1878-80: Abridged Official Account''] produced in the Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters, India 1908 Archive.org. Note: Part of the latter filming is unsatisfactory, with text missing from the sides of some pages, and some of the illustrations have not been filmed.: Also available as a pdf download [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-the-second-afghan-war-1878-80-abridged-official-account-by-army-hq-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1826/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version], however all appear to be the same digital file. :[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.06221/page/n5/mode/2up Another file, Archive.org] from Ministry of Culture/Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
: The six volume ''The Second Afghan War'' compiled and collated by and under the orders of Sir C. M. MacGregor, published 1885-1886 as "Strictly confidential", on which the ''Abridged Official Account'' was based, is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012490881, or IOR/L/MIL/17/14/29 (parts 2-6 only).
*''The Second Afghan War, 1878-79-80 its causes, its conduct and its consequences'' by Colonel H.B. Hanna. Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar101hann#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1] 1899, [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar102hann#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2] 1904
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/personalrecords01ashegoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Personal records of the Kandahar campaign by officers engaged therein'']. Edited by Major Ashe 1881 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kurumkabulkandah00roberich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Kurum, Kabul & Kandahar being a brief record of impressions in three campaigns under General Roberts''] by Charles Gray Robertson, Lieutenant 8th (the King’s) Regiment 1881 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fKIW_IkolzcC&pg=PA281 "The March from Kabul to Kandahar in August, and the Battle of the 1st September 1880"] by Lieut.-Colonel E F Chapman RA page 282 Vol 25 1882 ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution''. Google Books.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionska00dukegoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Recollections of the Kabul campaign 1879 & 1880''] by Joshua Duke, Bengal Medical Service 1883 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/kohatkuramandkh00thogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Kohat, Kuram, and Khost; Or, Experiences and Adventures in the Late Afghan War''] by Richard Gillham-Thomsett, Surgeon, Army Medical Department 1884 Archive.org
*''The Death March Through The Khyber Pass'' by G J H Evatt 1891. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285135 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. More complete title details are ''Personal Recollections of the Afghan Campaigns of 1878-79-80. The “Death-march” through the Khyber Pass in the Afghan Campaign 1878-79'' by Surgeon-Major G. J. H. Evatt, A M D. Reprinted from “Journal of the United Service Institution of India,” 1890.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u8JMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 "Brief Account of the Return March to India of the Army in Afghanistan, Under General Sir Donald Stewart ... in 1880"] by Lieut.-Colonel Walter J Boyes, late DAAG, N [North] Afghanistan Field Force, page 125 Vol 37 1893 ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution''. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog ''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900''] by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 Archive.org. Contains two chapters on the Afghan War of 1879- 1880. The author worked as a military surveyor.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromkabultokumas00will#page/10/mode/2up Afghanistan service], page 11 ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-four years of soldiering and sport'' by Brig. Gen. Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ourafghanpolicyo00bdbdrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Our Afghan policy and the occupation of Candahar''] by D.B. 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifecareerofmajo00deykrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''The life and career of Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, C. S. I., K. C. B., British envoy at Cabul with a brief outline of the Second Afghan War'']. Compiled by Kally Prosono Dey 1881 Archive.org
*''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1882-the-victoria-cross-in-afghanistan-and-on-the-frontiers-of-india-by-elliott-s-pdf/ Pahar version], link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan/1882. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1014 Archive.org mirror version]. All appear to be the same digital file.
*[http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Afghanistan: a Short Account of Afghanistan, its History, and our Dealings with it. In Two Volumes. Second Edition with a Map and Additional Volume, bringing the History of the Afghan Question down to 1885''] by Philip F Walker (Barrister-At-Law, late 75th Regt) 1885 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n172/mode/2up Volume 2, same digital file]. [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n166/mode/2up Index to Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n240/mode/2up Index to Volume 2] (numbered separately)
* ''Through the Khyber Pass'' by Rev J. Gregson 1883. Full title: ''Through the Khyber Pass to Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An account of Temperance Work among our soldiers in the Cabul Field Force''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.91465 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.43264/page/n5 ''With Lord Roberts Through the Khyber Pass''] by David Ensor 1963 Archive.org. A volume in the ''Adventures in Geography'' series. Probably intended as a book for school students.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1979-my-god-maiwand-operations-of-the-south-afghanistan-field-force-1878-80-by-maxwell-s-pdf/ ''My God - Maiwand!: Operations of the South Afghanistan Field Force 1878-80''] by Leigh Maxwell 1979. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, look under Books/Afghanistan.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1986-the-road-to-kabul-the-second-afghan-war-1878-1881-by-robson-s-pdf/ ''The Road to Kabul : the Second Afghan War 1878-1881''] by Brian Robson 1986. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, look under Books/Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3596 Archive.org mirror version]. Robson also wrote ''Crisis on the Frontier: the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] and the Campaign in Waziristan 1919-1920'' (2004)
=====''London Gazette'' and the ''Gazette of India''=====
The ''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ London Gazette]'' may be searched online for official correspondence relating to operations in Afghanistan. As examples, the following correspondence been noted for 1880 (there may be other correspondence).
