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1、OSPREY•MEN-AT-ARMSSERIES'OrthWestrontter•Textby1837-1947ROBERTWILKINSON-LATHAMColourplatesbyANGUSMcBRIDEMEN-AT-ARMSSERIESEDITOR:MARTINWINDROWrJrthWestrontier1837-1947TextbyROBERTWILKINSON-LATHAMColourplatesbyANGUSMcBRIDEOSPREYPUBLISHINGLONDONPublishedin1977byOspreyPublishingLt
2、dMembercompanyoftheGeorgePhilipGroup12-14LongAcre,LondonWC2E9LP©Copyright1977OspreyPublishingLtdThisbookiscopyrightedundertheBerneConvention.Allrightsreserved.Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposeofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,1956,nop
3、artofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,electrical,chemical,mechanical,optical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofthecopyrightowner.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtothePublishers.ISBN084045
4、2759FilmsetbyBASPrintersLimited,OverWallop,HampshirePrintedinHongKong:J@[fhWestqrontier1837-1947invasionthroughAfghanistan,the'gatewaytoIntroductionIndia'.Russianinfluencehad,by1836,reachedPersiaandsheencouragedtheShahtolaysiegetoForoverahundredyearsBritishandIndiantroopsHera
5、tinthecentreofanAfghanplainoftenwereengagedontheNorth-WestFrontierofIndiadescribedasthe'granaryofCentralAsia'.policingthetribes,mountingexpeditions,andIn1837LordAucklandwasappointedguardingthefrontieragainsttheever-presentGovernor-GeneralofIndiaand,soonaftertaking'threat'fromR
6、ussia.WiththeBritishwithdrawaluphisappointment,hesentCaptainBurnes,ain1947,theresponsibilityforcontinuingthistaskmemberoftheHonourableEastIndiaCompany'sfelltoPakistan,andmanyoftheproblemsthatPoliticalBranch,toKabulasaspecialenvoy.ThebesettheBritishadministratorsremaintobesolve
7、d.AmirDostMohomed,whowasworriedbyPersianIn1904LordCurzonremarked,'NomanwhohasreadapageofIndianhistorywilleverprophesyabouttheFrontier.'TheNorth-WestFrontier,orthe'Grim'asitwascalledbygenerationsofBritishsoldiers,stretchedalongthebordersofAfghanistanandincludedLittlePamir,Chitr
8、al,Kohistan,Bajaur,Khyber,Tirah,Waziristan,andBaluchistan.Tho
