CHAPTER LX.

Affairs at Kandahar--The Maiwand disaster --Relief from Kabul suggested --A force ordered from Kabul --Preparations for the march --The Kabul-Kandahar Field Force --Commissariat and Transport

The order of marching--Ghazni and Kelat-i-Ghilzai --Food required daily for the force --A letter from General Phayre--Kandahar --Reconnoitring the enemy's position --A turning movement

Commencement of the fight --72nd Highlanders and 2nd Sikhs --92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas --Ayub Khan's camp--Difficulties about supplies --Parting with the troops--A pleasing memory

Reception in England--A fruitless journey --Andaman Isles and Burma--The Madras Army --Measures for improving the Madras Army --Memories of Madras--An allegory

Disturbing action of Russia--Abdur Rahman Khan --The Rawal Pindi Durbar --Unmistakable loyalty of the Natives

The Burma expedition--The Camp of Exercise at Delhi --Defence of the North-West Frontier --Quetta and Peshawar --Communications _versus_ fortifications --Sir George Chesney

Nursing for the soldier --Pacification of Burma considered --Measures recommended --The Buddhist priesthood --The Regimental Institute --The Army Temperance Association