nse gratification to me that the
whole time we remained in Afghanistan, nearly two years, not a single
complaint was made by an Afghan of any soldier in my force having
interfered with the women of the country.]

[Footnote 4: The force was made up as follows:

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| |British | Other Ranks. |
| |Officers.|----------------|
| | |British.|Native.|
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|Divisional, Brigade, | | | |
|and Departmental Staff | 60 | | |
|F/A, R.H.A. | 7 | 118 | |
|G/3, R.A. | 7 | 137 | |
|No. 2 Mountain Battery | 3 | | 223 |
|Two Gatling guns | 1 | 34 | |
|9th Lancers (one squadron) | 4 | 118 | |
|5th Punjab Cavalry | 7 | | 325 |
|12th Bengal Cavalry | 6 | | 328 |
|14th Bengal Lancers | 7 | | 407 |
|67th Foot | 18 | 686 | |
|72nd Highlanders | 23 | 746 | |
|92nd Highlanders | 17 | 717 | |
|5th Punjab Infantry | 8 | | 610 |
|5th Gurkhas | 7 | | 574 |
|23rd Pioneers | 6 | | 671 |
|28th Punjab Infantry | 8 | | 636 |
|7th Company Bengal Sappers | 3 | | 93 |
| and Miners ---------------------------|
| | 192 | 2,558 |3,867 |
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]

[Footnote 5: Known as the _sang-i-nawishta_ (inscribed stone).]

[Footnote 6: Shortly after I was settled at Kabul, the following
letter, written by Nek Mahomed on the evening of the day he had been
with the Amir, to some person whom he wished to acquaint with the
state of affairs, was brought to me:

'MY KIND FRIEND,--The truth is that to-day, at sunrise, I went to
the camp, the Amir having summoned me. When I arrived, Mulla Shah
Mahomed [the Wazir] first said to me, "Go back and tell the people
to raise a holy war." I did not feel certain about what he said
[or was not satisfied with this], [but] the Amir afterwards told
me to go back that very hour and rouse the people to