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Stories from English History, Part Third by Alfred J. Church
THE KHYBER PASS
I AM going to tell the story of the greatest disaster that ever happened to a British army.
In 1838-39 the Indian Government sent an army into Afghanistan. Its object was to restore a certain prince, Shah Soojah by name, who had been driven into exile nearly twenty years before. It hoped that he would be grateful for what had been done for him, and that the country which he ruled would be a valuable ally. Unfortunately, Shah Soojah was a feeble creature, and his people hated him because he had been put over them by foreigners.
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