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bigram	frequency
dost mahomed	207
crown vo	199
shah soojah	154
page illustrations	109
lord raglan	107
sir john	91
british government	88
akbar khan	78
native infantry	73
british troops	73
horse artillery	72
lord auckland	72
british army	70
olivine edges	70
balla hissar	69
general roberts	68
central asia	62
camp followers	61
next day	60
next morning	59
shere ali	58
sir alexander	57
british force	56
two days	56
th regiment	55
following day	51
th light	50
john keane	50
william gale	49
took place	48
alexander burnes	47
general sir	46
many years	45
sir frederick	44
fell back	44
shah shooja	43
general willshire	43
runjeet singh	41
afghan war	40
left behind	39
main body	39
first place	38
three days	37
english officers	35
good deal	35
opened fire	35
sir henry	35
frederick roberts	34
greater part	34
one day	34
either side	34
heavy fire	33
mohun lal	33
colonel ripon	32
short distance	32
bolan pass	32
british officers	32
following morning	30
light infantry	30
hindoo koosh	30
four miles	30
indian government	30
donald stewart	29
will take	29
yakoub khan	29
storming party	29
hundred yards	29
sir donald	29
th bengal	29
th lancers	29
whole force	28
two men	28
two guns	28
light cavalry	28
khyber pass	28
several times	28
days later	27
will go	26
great deal	26
sir william	26
bala hissar	25
war office	25
captain ripon	25
light dragoons	25
mahomed khan	25
first time	25
two hours	24
mountain guns	24
baggage animals	24
sadut khan	24
two miles	24
th native	24
political officer	23
fall back	23
gordon browne	23
fighting men	23
large numbers	23
lord lytton	23
three hours	22
severely wounded	22
bengal native	22
short time	22
years ago	22
two years	22
three miles	22
general baker	22
allied armies	21
chardeh valley	21
sir hugh	21
mahomed jan	21
moved forward	21
captain johnson	21
native troops	21
general elphinstone	21
old man	21
four hours	21
british camp	21
ever since	20
strong enough	20
greater portion	20
two companies	20
punjaub infantry	20
ali musjid	20
will gale	20
let us	20
two months	19
th punjaub	19
sir george	19
persian camp	19
great force	19
french army	19
one occasion	19
yar mahomed	19
artillery fire	19
hard work	19
sir robert	19
great number	19
young officer	19
musketry fire	19
two hundred	18
mehrab khan	18
first afghan	18
five miles	18
colonel shepherd	18
major cavagnari	18
west frontier	18
english army	18
brigadier sale	18
minutes later	18
bombay army	18
royal artillery	18
british minister	18
nd highlanders	18
two officers	18
hour later	18
great numbers	18
mr griffin	17
bombay column	17
saleh mahomed	17
four men	17
military authorities	17
thousand men	17
five hundred	17
one man	17
native regiments	17
general canrobert	17
sir willoughby	17
mountain battery	16
three hundred	16
four guns	16
one side	16
bengal army	16
captain outram	16
infantry regiments	16
captain edwards	16
willoughby cotton	16
colonel dennie	16
three times	16
hugh rose	16
sherpur cantonment	16
cabul river	16
three officers	16
take part	16
ayoub khan	16
strong force	15
british envoy	15
western frontier	15
general burrows	15
far away	15
almost every	15
taken prisoner	15
thirty years	15
second edition	15
demy vo	15
hard fighting	15
pushed forward	15
sent forward	15
took part	15
taken place	15
great strength	15
one hundred	15
rear guard	15
european regiment	15
three years	15
long time	15
afghan horse	15
large number	15
bengal cavalry	15
lord cardwell	14
august th	14
british bayonets	14
twenty miles	14
ten miles	14
asmai heights	14
shah kamran	14
will see	14
crimean war	14
henry fane	14
considerable force	14
previous day	14
captain mayhew	14
european troops	14
small force	14
native cavalry	14
pir paimal	14
sir colin	14
general sale	14
three weeks	14
amongst us	14
khoord cabul	14
feet high	14
six miles	14
driven back	14
april th	14
afghan army	14
bengal column	14
sir charles	14
great measure	14
will make	13
attack us	13
right bank	13
ten minutes	13
will find	13
british officer	13
close quarters	13
great war	13
prince timour	13
whole country	13
great britain	13
native officers	13
four days	13
will come	13
thousand rupees	13
early part	13
soon became	13
heavy loss	13
sir sam	13
little force	13
british india	13
every day	13
took possession	13
angus went	13
th ghoorkas	13
russian army	13
general pollock	13
young fellow	13
angus campbell	13
afghan chiefs	13
passed away	13
english troops	13
give us	13
will get	13
cabul force	13
tell us	13
head quarters	13
file wounded	13
main column	13
british soldiers	13
dost mahommed	12
sir lewis	12
without delay	12
general macpherson	12
force marched	12
eight miles	12
east india	12
english officer	12
large force	12
take possession	12
persian gulf	12
will give	12
several hours	12
december th	12
good order	12
present day	12
siah sung	12
brigadier general	12
considerable distance	12
miles distant	12
futteh khan	12
master general	12
passed quietly	12
victoria cross	12
little doubt	12
eldred pottinger	12
st regiment	12
military operations	12
made good	12
reached candahar	12
afghan frontier	12
popular edition	12
afghan chief	12
one time	12
two squadrons	12
bengal european	12
ten days	12
captain peat	12
fifty miles	12
persian army	12
became evident	12
became necessary	12
sir thomas	11
hundred men	11
foot artillery	11
eldest son	11
military secretary	11
field guns	11
three columns	11
great march	11
fifteen miles	11
shall go	11
indian empire	11
beni hissar	11
shortly afterwards	11
cabul gate	11
large body	11
ere long	11
ahmed khel	11
miles away	11
afghan cavalry	11
move forward	11
feet long	11
active service	11
home government	11
late lord	11
marched back	11
th regiments	11
surveyor general	11
frontier policy	11
angus replied	11
three months	11
right flank	11
reached jellalabad	11
commanding officer	11
kuram valley	11
strong position	11
country round	11
keeping candahar	11
sam dickson	11
cabul pass	11
general strangways	11
told us	11
two regiments	11
sea belle	11
deputy adjutant	11
returned home	11
direct attack	11
lost heart	10
bastion du	10
futteh jung	10
commissariat fort	10
every moment	10
british forces	10
sent back	10
major pottinger	10
hadji khan	10
major daly	10
angus felt	10
bombay engineers	10
forty years	10
minute later	10
great loss	10
late sir	10
dear father	10
came along	10
poor fellows	10
conical hill	10
taken prisoners	10
afghan troops	10
strong body	10
rd pioneers	10
hyder khan	10
several hundred	10
one company	10
three regiments	10
every one	10
two divisions	10
will try	10
right hon	10
will tell	10
majesty shah	10
norfolk rangers	10
behmaroo heights	10
take place	10
round cabul	10
old friend	10
seven miles	10
many times	10
general nott	10
considerable loss	10
looked round	10
six months	10
even now	10
good fortune	10
general windham	10
five minutes	10
india company	10
arabi pasha	10
february th	9
general hugh	9
afghan force	9
two armies	9
lady sale	9
engineer officers	9
hundred miles	9
days ago	9
late years	9
military point	9
get away	9
without opposition	9
many men	9
two mountain	9
turning movement	9
november th	9
chief command	9
purwan durrah	9
babawali kotul	9
chapter iii	9
eastern face	9
will keep	9
afghan horsemen	9
russian influence	9
emperor napoleon	9
doubtful whether	9
second time	9
five days	9
general stewart	9
years old	9
hill tribes	9
guns opened	9
six weeks	9
political agent	9
brought back	9
twenty years	9
second division	9
steady fire	9
way back	9
carried away	9
night attack	9
light companies	9
commissioned officers	9
last night	9
sir neville	9
marched away	9
yakoob khan	9
strong escort	9
english soldiers	9
european regiments	9
reached cabul	9
wounded man	9
general massy	9
three guns	9
heavy guns	9
white men	9
now general	9
june th	9
many hours	9
know nothing	9
first brigade	9
bengal engineers	9
british general	9
surrounding country	9
feel sure	9
two soldiers	9
day passed	9
great advantage	9
affectionate son	9
th foot	9
encamping ground	9
general primrose	9
gave way	9
brigadier shelton	9
four officers	9
well known	9
large bodies	9
transport animals	9
bombay division	9
jubbar khan	9
blue lights	9
military force	9
left flank	9
old soldier	9
cavalry charge	9
four hundred	9
defensive position	9
just outside	9
days passed	9
half rations	9
four thousand	9
armed men	9
general officers	8
native followers	8
chapter ii	8
second afghan	8
major leech	8
first step	8
lying picket	8
will bring	8
night march	8
soon afterwards	8
feet wide	8
eastern afghanistan	8
english government	8
advance guard	8
young officers	8
long service	8
years past	8
new ameer	8
broken ground	8
george cathcart	8
three men	8
left cabul	8
well aware	8
chief engineer	8
russian general	8
gwalior contingent	8
gordon stables	8
captain thomson	8
bombay troops	8
march th	8
maiwand disaster	8
active operations	8
lord ellenborough	8
british infantry	8
certain amount	8
irregular horse	8
colonel stoddart	8
major general	8
abdul rahman	8
peiwar kotul	8
two others	8
return home	8
young man	8
general cotton	8
th november	8
great difficulty	8
sung heights	8
young soldier	8
take care	8
brother officers	8
go back	8
days afterwards	8
behind us	8
hours later	8
whole population	8
cutch gundava	8
long journey	8
made signs	8
great majority	8
colonel pottinger	8
cabul without	8
deh khoja	8
fifty yards	8
hajee khan	8
twelve miles	8
good offices	8
afghan position	8
indian army	8
good many	8
considerable strength	8
water canal	8
general phayre	8
whole army	8
married officers	8
coup de	8
poor fellow	8
will now	8
chumla valley	8
long enough	8
already mentioned	8
large crown	8
fallen back	8
captain burnes	8
northern frontier	8
towards us	8
fifty men	8
come back	8
north side	8
bengal lancers	8
little party	8
south side	8
much better	8
anything else	8
high rank	8
will probably	8
napoleon iii	8
early morning	8
considerable number	8
candahar chiefs	8
military forces	8
whole affair	8
village near	8
full speed	8
paimal hill	8
annual subsidy	8
within yards	8
january th	8
lord canning	8
little distance	8
will soon	8
harry collingwood	8
th october	8
without loss	8
will send	8
major harrison	8
british soldier	8
native regiment	8
regular army	7
gallant conduct	7
thirty miles	7
might take	7
khurum valley	7
great excitement	7
will put	7
sure enough	7
commanding position	7
lower end	7
leaving behind	7
civil service	7
explosion party	7
much greater	7
former days	7
great power	7
different regiments	7
fifty years	7
afghan guns	7
bholun pass	7
may th	7
large reinforcements	7
two great	7
rikabashee fort	7
several thousand	7
punjaub cavalry	7
hadjee khan	7
miles long	7
present position	7
long ago	7
field force	7
cheap edition	7
military position	7
glad indeed	7
years afterwards	7
native army	7
western afghanistan	7
afghan fire	7
will say	7
well led	7
desperate struggle	7
every inch	7
say nothing	7
five years	7
go round	7
six hundred	7
camping ground	7
de bazancourt	7
might make	7
september th	7
whole time	7
many days	7
two brigades	7
four companies	7
man will	7
appointed governor	7
days previously	7
short service	7
many places	7
wounded men	7
european army	7
absolutely necessary	7
went forward	7
comparative ease	7
colin campbell	7
angus saw	7
will write	7
narrow escape	7
chapter iv	7
desperate hand	7
persian trader	7
chapter viii	7
bengal division	7
little garrison	7
third day	7
four years	7
long line	7
large quantities	7
hindoo quarter	7
military chiefs	7
small body	7
gardan pass	7
th punjaubees	7
careening bay	7
considerable time	7
direct road	7
ten years	7
lord northbrook	7
one hand	7
great losses	7
general assault	7
runjet sing	7
suffered severely	7
small party	7
general chamberlain	7
might come	7
royal salute	7
hundred feet	7
taken part	7
amply sufficient	7
comparatively small	7
will never	7
one thing	7
long experience	7
far better	7
great many	7
sick list	7
come along	7
incident occurred	7
may say	7
th hussars	7
artillery guns	7
every way	7
military power	7
small garrison	7
will replied	7
field artillery	7
advanced guard	7
major todd	7
will pay	7
another officer	7
sanitary condition	7
light division	7
mahomed shah	7
one morning	7
three companies	7
main ridge	7
best thing	7
general order	7
almost unknown	7
general gough	7
hugh gough	7
take charge	7
whole party	7
superior force	7
little time	7
general charles	7
good service	7
shell fire	7
every man	7
brigadier stevenson	7
two batteries	7
limp red	7
every side	7
lieutenant mackenzie	7
red cloth	7
afghan leader	7
difficult one	7
sepoy regiments	7
great quantity	7
ghuznee road	7
new year	7
length arrived	7
twelve years	7
british resident	7
british mission	7
first shot	7
critical moment	7
half way	7
bombay horse	7
several men	7
troops engaged	7
british gold	7
little army	7
ordnance department	7
third edition	7
sir edward	7
ali khan	7
great difficulties	7
will fight	6
long march	6
bore guns	6
one night	6
infantry division	6
british regiments	6
field officers	6
extreme right	6
bombay light	6
almost impossible	6
excellency lieutenant	6
afghan empire	6
speak pushtoo	6
within twenty	6
sir west	6
khuram valley	6
five illustrations	6
alfred pearse	6
left bank	6
rode forward	6
european soldiers	6
troops moved	6
within sight	6
lord william	6
prize money	6
native officer	6
latter part	6
take advantage	6
came back	6
nearly forty	6
british guns	6
confused mass	6
passed without	6
shall find	6
vast numbers	6
thirty guns	6
morning angus	6
great masses	6
great distance	6
henty mr	6
friendly relations	6
open air	6
desultory fire	6
british advance	6
southern face	6
colonel croker	6
six hours	6
deh afghan	6
official documents	6
last time	6
two leading	6
five men	6
every respect	6
matthew arnold	6
staff officer	6
strongly held	6
page pictures	6
attacked us	6
steep hill	6
july th	6
chapter vii	6
round shot	6
bombay cavalry	6
chapter vi	6
will turn	6
exciting adventures	6
great northern	6
sherpur cantonments	6
without difficulty	6
lieutenant colonel	6
great service	6
hot fire	6
just come	6
ten thousand	6
internal affairs	6
rifle fire	6
six men	6
first day	6
engineer officer	6
uktar khan	6
almost immediately	6
edmund lyons	6
wet ditch	6
towards cabul	6
little better	6
shall certainly	6
will certainly	6
mahomed shereef	6
one last	6
syud moorteza	6
captain skinner	6
six years	6
st bengal	6
british power	6
two horses	6
cavalry brigade	6
advanced party	6
independent tribes	6
sir louis	6
angus heard	6
almost entirely	6
th september	6
found necessary	6
october th	6
thomas wiltshire	6
takes part	6
present century	6
set forth	6
sir james	6
years gone	6
captain fletcher	6
young dost	6
daoud shah	6
well armed	6
sam browne	6
eight men	6
place called	6
commanding officers	6
centre column	6
march began	6
taking advantage	6
left dead	6
lady macnaghten	6
general plan	6
received news	6
several others	6
general cobbe	6
british position	6
robert leighton	6
will found	6
return march	6
bay ravine	6
every step	6
camp equipage	6
siege train	6
afghan line	6
every point	6
last words	6
local horse	6
within three	6
leading chiefs	6
may find	6
young men	6
royal horse	6
will receive	6
two english	6
given us	6
several days	6
khan kakur	6
twelve guns	6
court martial	6
anything like	6
urgundab valley	6
last two	6
forward movement	6
charles gordon	6
will start	6
gilt top	6
chapter ix	6
goorkha regiment	6
easily enough	6
large quantity	6
persian court	6
received us	6
frontier tribes	6
every effort	6
per cent	6
push forward	6
barukzye family	6
one officer	6
strong party	6
file killed	6
light company	6
khyber column	6
large sums	6
william mcnaghten	6
steep ascent	6
russian officer	6
last month	6
flanking fire	6
years later	6
old woman	6
afghan right	6
tripartite treaty	6
th sikhs	6
false attack	6
felt sure	6
whose hands	6
english lad	6
deh mazung	6
four european	6
robert sale	6
cavalry regiment	6
hurried forward	6
next two	6
every description	6
matchlock men	6
watching us	6
flank attack	6
thrilling adventures	6
way across	6
sir lepel	6
three thousand	6
fifteen years	6
obtained leave	6
make good	6
artillery horses	6
knew nothing	6
alice corkran	6
open space	6
little band	6
comparatively easy	6
auxiliary horse	6
without success	6
taken away	6
remained inactive	6
may now	6
may want	6
long way	6
neville chamberlain	6
long period	6
closely associated	6
new york	6
lieutenant pottinger	6
sir edmund	6
great bazaar	6
prime minister	6
lewis pelly	6
direct route	6
within range	6
captain thompson	6
sir garnet	6
little known	6
eight guns	6
baggage guard	6
place among	6
careful consideration	6
near us	6
de main	5
first news	5
great ability	5
battering train	5
whole people	5
good woman	5
still alive	5
afghan capital	5
brought us	5
nearly two	5
colonel monteath	5
entered candahar	5
george brown	5
cross fire	5
enemy made	5
charles metcalfe	5
likely enough	5
much difficulty	5
commissariat stores	5
second divisions	5
will carry	5
working parties	5
young afghan	5
dead man	5
general niel	5
assaulting column	5
military life	5
well satisfied	5
mounted officers	5
two native	5
northern provinces	5
attacking force	5
gallant soldier	5
afghan regiments	5
take steps	5
st bombay	5
maidan valley	5
parliamentary papers	5
first arrival	5
strong detachment	5
men killed	5
ghilzye chiefs	5
little body	5
military history	5
men fell	5
safe conduct	5
william bentinck	5
new position	5
afghan camp	5
sharp skirmish	5
far less	5
led us	5
strong pickets	5
march toward	5
captain boyd	5
black sea	5
immediate action	5
came near	5
angus stood	5
men whose	5
will hand	5
two large	5
taking place	5
great man	5
slightly wounded	5
military academy	5
made another	5
will call	5
garnet wolseley	5
artillery duel	5
afghan mountains	5
mahomed hyder	5
john lawrence	5
troops entered	5
best love	5
john adye	5
drove back	5
just described	5
wound round	5
extreme left	5
became apparent	5
first instance	5
acting deputy	5
first part	5
certain extent	5
royal military	5
ghoorka regiment	5
major white	5
nothing like	5
meet us	5
large sum	5
ordnance stores	5
certain death	5
affghan chief	5
past two	5
peninsular war	5
angus exclaimed	5
chapter xii	5
encamped outside	5
civil war	5
two feet	5
obtain employment	5
medical officer	5
say anything	5
little later	5
two infantry	5
flanking parties	5
right hand	5
light guns	5
throwing away	5
one knew	5
general conditions	5
gundava pass	5
well supplied	5
kutti sung	5
twenty men	5
th goorkhas	5
little effect	5
much longer	5
military administration	5
news reached	5
difficult country	5
military service	5
enabled us	5
thousand strong	5
british nation	5
friendly manner	5
shutargurdan pass	5
still continued	5
force entered	5
petty chiefs	5
two afghans	5
afghan leaders	5
several years	5
will talk	5
almost inaccessible	5
good enough	5
might obtain	5
noor mahomed	5
british arms	5
mountain gun	5
best thanks	5
one way	5
louis cavagnari	5
suffered much	5
men wounded	5
every opportunity	5
british fleet	5
men will	5
possible speed	5
thirty thousand	5
candahar force	5
afghan soldiers	5
shall see	5
thank god	5
brigadier scott	5
shall never	5
small parties	5
gazette extraordinary	5
column reached	5
curiously enough	5
gilt edges	5
various parts	5
crag picket	5
great empire	5
private soldier	5
first sight	5
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