Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief
Chapter 50
Political situation at Kabul --Serious trouble ahead --Macpherson attacks the Kohistanis --Combined movements--The uncertainty of war --The fight in the Chardeh valley--Forced to retire --Padre Adams earns the V.C. --Macpherson's column arrives --The captured guns recovered--Melancholy reflections