Capitolo 23
a law of nature. But, in everything, he ignores distances, stain out the
mountains, deserts, and plain arid of Persia and Afghanistan and takings
any account of the warlike runs that you/they would block the run. It asks for a
very great map to embrace all the details of this very wide strategy.
Some account has already been given some weakness in a soldier,
point of view, of Russia in Central Asia and of her distance
troops it sprinkled from the principal resources of the empire. But, in
sum, must have remembered that the mountains of Afghanistan also
you form a disposition and durable barrier against a further advance. The great one
Various Hindoo Koosh, while racing all along the northern part of that country,
forms indeed the true scientific frontier among the two Empires, the
few they pass on his/her snowy crests that vary from 12,000 to 18,000 feet
stop, and only it opens for some months of year.
Another line supposed of advance for a Russian army, or rather from the
Pamirs, has of you delay years is brought in before; but his/her principal characteristics
you/he/she is discouraging more than those of some other. This raised region
it consists of a mass of nude snow-capped mountains that reach the elevations of
on 25,000 feet, almost him intersected by plateaux as deprived of vegetation
as their mountains. The lakes are approximately 12,000 feet above of the
sea, the population is scarce, and it mainly consists of nomads in search
of food and it pastures during the short summer; this way that even if the
Russian were able, if undisputed, possibly stirs in small isolated
you detach that bring their his/her own food and ammunition on the Pamirs, it
it would be to only lose in the throats of the Himalayas.
The conditions above of it mentioned it is permanent to a large extent. Russia
not, and it doesn't probably have, some intention to try to invade and
you conquer India--but she doesn't have the power that is far a more main point
consideration.
To return to the position of business precedent to the second Afghan war.