Identifier: historyofallnati18wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Herat, and to resign all hisconquests. But in order to bolt more strongly the northwesterngate of Hindustan, Lord Auckland began a war against DostMohammed, amir of Kabul, who was friendly to Russia, took himprisoner, and reinstated upon the throne of Kabul Shujali, therightful shah, whom the former had expelled. But a culpable im-prudence suddenly converted this success into a misfortune of thegreatest severity. Hemmed in by a general rising of the Afghans, cutoff from Hindustan, enfeebled by cold and hmiger, the entire Englisharmy, together with the baggage, the women and children, 12,000 inall, was utterly destroyed in November, 1841. A single man escapedalive. This wretched experience deprived Lord Ellenborough,Aucklands successor, of all desire to conquer Afghanistan ; and aftersending a successful punitive expedition thither he restored DostMohammed. He confined himself subsequently to securing the pos-session of the Punjab by the victories of Sir Charles Napier and PLATE XVIII.
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Victoria, Queen of England. From the steel engraving by Tavernier (born 1787) ; original painting by Partridge.(Versailles, Historical Gallery.) History of AU Salions, Vol. XVIIL, page ST9. KNdLANJ) AND LOITIS rilllJPPE. 279 Hugh (jiougli ill l!S4r). A tlesli risiiitr of the Sikhs, in 1848, led tothe annexation of Lahore. As a matter of course, Turkey still remained the principal fieldon which Russia and (Jreat Britain met in rivalry. The lattercountiy obtained frf)in th(! Sublime Porte the concession of a ploserconnection willi iiidiii by th(! overland post, via Suez ; the formerestablished itself iiioic and more firmly in the Daniil)i!in princi-palities. Reshid Pasha, who became minister of foreign affairsin 1838, took pleasure in the support given by the English ambas-sador. Sir Stratford Canning (Loid Rctlcliffe), to the reforms osten-tiitiously but uselessly announced in the hatti-sherif of Giilhane(Nov(!mber -), 18:>8j, whihi Puteneff, tli(! Russian envoy, found hisally in th

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