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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. WARNED 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
 The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. LIERS AS ASSISTANT SURGEON THE REGIMENT WAS STATIONED IN INDIA AT THE TIME AND BEFORE I COULD JOIN IT THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR HAD BROKEN OUT ON LANDING AT BOMBAY I LEARNED THAT MY CORPS HAD ADVANCED THROUGH THE PASSES AND WAS ALREADY DEEP IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY I FOLLOWED HOWEVER WITH MANY OTHER OFFICERS WHO WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS MYSELF AND SUCCEEDED IN REACHING CANDAHAR IN SAFETY WHERE I FOUND MY REGIMENT AND AT ONCE ENTERED UPON MY NEW DUTIES THE CAMPAIGN BROUGHT HONOURS AND PROMOTION TO MANY BUT FOR ME IT HAD NOTHING BUT MISFORTUNE AND DISASTER I WAS REMOVED FROM MY BRIGADE AND ATTACHED TO THE BARKERS WITH WHOM I SERVED AT THE FATAL BATTLE OF MAIWAND THERE I WAS STRUCK ON THE SHOULDER BY A JOSAIL BULLET WHICH SHATTERED THE BONE AND GRAZED THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY I SHOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF THE MURDEROUS GAZIZ HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DEVOTION AND COURAGE SHOWN BY MURRAY MY ORDERLY WHO THREW ME ACROSS A PACK HORSE AND SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING ME SAFELY TO THE BRITISH LINES
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