TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES This e-text includes a character (a small letter "a" with a macron) that requires UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If this character does not display properly in the names "Gholām" and "Wāli" make sure your text reader’s "character set" or "file encoding" is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. Odd-numbered page headers have been retained as sidenotes. Where possible the sidenotes have been placed between paragraphs, but when this has not been possible, the sidenotes have been separated from the main text by blank lines. Minor punctuation errors repaired. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ p160 I judged the enemy were thowing up replaced with I judged the enemy were throwing up FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY. PRIVATE JOURNAL OF HENRY FRANCIS BROOKE, LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL COMMANDING 2ND INFANTRY BRIGADE KANDAHAR FIELD FORCE, SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN, FROM APRIL 22ND TO AUGUST 16TH, 1880. _For_...................... _From_..................... DUBLIN: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CURWEN, 3, NASSAU STREET. 1881. PREFACE. The following Journal or Diary was written by my dear Husband--to use his own words--"for _you_, of course, first, but written in this form _specially_ for the dear chicks, and therefore quite simple and plain, so as to interest and amuse them; but I shall be very glad _if_ it interests the others if you will send it the rounds, as then I need not try to write the same story over and over again, which is very tiresome."