SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR.

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The Homeward Mail from India, China, and the East, and Official Gazette. Five instalments of this informative periodical, each leading with the latest reports on the Second Anglo-Afghan War, including daily troop movements, casualty lists and official telegrams.The time-span encompasses the extensive fallout from the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Maiwand, the formation of a court of inquiry, and the criticism of General George Burrows in the press. The 9 August issue discusses on its first page the departure of General Sir Frederick Roberts and his relief force, and in subsequent months news of the heroic victory at Kandahar is conveyed through Roberts's despatches, communications from Simla, and reporting from The Times, Bombay Gazette, and other sources.

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