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OverviewThe campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing butmisfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whomI served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, whichshattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of themurderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, whothrew me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar. Here I rallied, and hadalready improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon theverandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions. Formonths my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I wasso weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that not a day should be lost in sending meback to England. I was dispatched, accordingly, in the troopship Orontes, and landed a monthlater on Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a paternalgovernment to spend the next nine months in attempting to improve i Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan DoylePublisher: Independently Published Imprint: Independently Published Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.095kg ISBN: 9798704515272Pages: 82 Publication Date: 04 February 2021 Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |