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Cantonments
[[Bara Gali]] about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment, occupied in the hot summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_431.gif "Bara Gali"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6'', page 425.</ref>(Spelling variants: Bara Gali/Baragully)
Changla Gali was situated on the road from Murree to Abbottabad, 9 miles from the former and 31 miles from the latter place. It was the head-quarters of the Northern Command School of Musketry, also referred to as the First Circle School of Musketry.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280096/page/n298/mode/1up Page 229] ''Gazetteer Of The Hazara District 1907'', published 1908. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.</ref><ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=10&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif "Changla Gali"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10, page 173.</ref> (spelling variant Changlagali/Changligali ).
[[Ghora Dakha]] was a small cantonment on the road between Dunga Gali and Murree, 3 miles from the former and 15 from the latter place. During the summer months it was occupied by a detachment of British infantry.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_242.gif "Ghora Dakka"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12'', page 236.</ref> (Spelling variants Ghora/Gora Dakka/Dhaka)
(Spelling variants: Kalabagh/ Kala Bagh)
[[Khaira Gali]] was a small cantonment on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, also occupied in the summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_213.gif "Khaira Gali]" ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15'', page 207.</ref> (Spelling variants : Khaira/ Khairagali/ Khair/ Khyra Gali/ Galli/ Khyragilly/ Khyragully)
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
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