THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL [Illustration: Colophon] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: COLONEL KELLY AND HIS OFFICERS. [_Frontispiece_ Lieutenant Peterson. Lieutenant Jones. Lieutenant Moberly. Surgeon-Captain Luard. Surgeon-Captain Browning Smith. Lieutenant Stewart, R.A. Lieutenant Beynon. Colonel Kelly. Captain Borrodaile. Lieutenant Cobbe. Lieutenant Bethune. Sergeant Reeves. ] THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL BY CAPTAIN G. J. YOUNGHUSBAND QUEEN'S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES AUTHOR OF "EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES ON A BURMESE TAT"; "FRAYS AND FORAYS"; "THE QUEEN'S COMMISSION," ETC., ETC. AND COLONEL SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND K.C.I.E. INDIAN STAFF CORPS (LATE POLITICAL OFFICER IN CHITRAL) WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1910 _All rights reserved_ _First Edition_ October 1895. _Reprinted_ October and December 1895; April 1896; 1897. _Shilling Edition_ 1910. RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. PREFACE This book is the joint production of two brothers, who are constantly being mistaken for one another, who happened to be present together in the same campaign and to both act as correspondents of the _Times_ in that campaign. The chapters (III. IV. and V.) on Sir Robert Low's advance are by Captain George Younghusband, who was present throughout the operations on General Low's Staff. The remaining chapters are by Captain Francis Younghusband, who from his two years' residence in Chitral was better acquainted with the country through which Colonel Kelly marched his troops, and with the place in which the defence was made. This record of the Chitral campaign is based on the official despatches published in the Gazette of India and in the Blue Book on Chitral affairs lately presented to the Houses of Parliament, and the management of the _Times_ have kindly allowed that use should be made of the letters which the authors wrote to the _Times_. The illustrations are from photographs taken by Sergeant Mayo, of the Photographic Section of the Bengal Sappers and Miners, which accompanied General Low's column; and from sketches very kindly furnished by Surgeon-Captain Browning-Smith and Lieutenant Beynon, who served with Colonel Kelly's Column. _October 1895._ A few verbal corrections and some slight additions have been made to bring this book up to date. _July 1910._ CONTENTS