Two brothers, both present as correspondents for The Times, tell the story of the Chitral campaign of 1895. George Younghusband describes Sir Robert Low’s advance through the Malakand and across the Panjkora; Francis, who had lived in Chitral, covers the causes of the war, the defence of the besieged fort and Colonel Kelly’s march over the snowbound passes.
Lively frontier history by eyewitnesses, written from the imperial viewpoint of 1895. Download the free EPUB.