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of Cabul, Ghuznee and Jellalabad; and you/he/she was affirmed that holding this
positions, entrenched behind to a bastion of mountains, we should have the
the power of debouching on the plans of the Oxus against Russia in Central
Asia! 'It is difficult', said God Lytton, 'to imagine a more imposing
strategicals position.' The events of the war put however soon, an end
to this rather the fantastic strategy.
In November 1878 the British strengths digitarono the country within three principal
runs of routing, the Kybers, the Koorums and the Bolam and firm ground the fight immediately
achieved the two northerner. The results were immediate: Wings pure and simple
run away toward north, and it died later soon. His/her child, Khan of Yakoob, false
temporarily the position of Ameer, but in the state shaken of the
lie of country possessed little true power or authority. In May, 1879, him
satisfied the British authorities to Gundamuk, and after considerable
discussion signed an essay, the principal points of what it was as it follows:--
The foreign business of Afghanistan had to be our guide under; and us
undertaken to sustain the Ameer against foreign aggression; British
agents were to reside in the country; the Koorum, Pisheen and Sibi
Valleys were assigned to the British Government; and finally, Yakoob
Khan was to receive an annual benefit of 60,000_l_.
Till now it would appear, as if the country had immediately included the
principal objects of British policy; but the tragic events quickly followed,
actions of war active you/they were taken back, and the Essay of Gundamuk became mere
you waste paper.
As a first result of the essay, Mr. Luigi Cavagnari [the Footnote:
_Afghanistan_, 1881 No 1.] our Envoy was named, and
accompanied by some official ones and a small escort, you reach Cabul in
July, being received in a friendly way by the Ameer; even if
influences I oppose soon to his/her presence in the capital it became apparent.
September 3, the British Residence was suddenly attached, from a lot
Afghan regiments, and after a desperate resistance, Cavagnari and the