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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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引用情報
DEATH OF BP.'I'HUNE 191
been provided by the Lhasa Government with a matchlock
and a knife before starting to join the army.
On the morning of the 10th we buried the remains of
poor Bethune, and it was my melancholy duty to read the
Burial Service over one whom I had known since the
Relief of Chitral, whose genial, manly nature attached him
to every one of us, and for whose soldierly qualities all had
the highest admiration. He was a grand type of British
officer, strict and thorough in his duties, yet beloved by
his men, and his loss was severely felt in the days that
were upon us.
Colonel Brander now reconnoitred the jong to see if
it was possible to capture it. He came to the conclusion
that an attack was too much to undertake. Our two
7-pounder guns were useless, though they had been
brought up specially for this purpose, and our force was
too small to carry the place by assault. It will naturally
be asked why, when the jong was evacuated on our first
arrival, we were not now occupying it instead of a house
in the plain. General Macdonald had several excellent
reasons for not establishing the Mission with escort in the
gong. It \vas too far from a water-supply ; and it was too
big to hold. The post he chose was compact and on the
river. Here he placed us, with ample supplies to last us
till relief could arrive if we were attacked. As I have
said, the worst that could happen did happen, and we held
otit till reinforcements came.
But Colonel Brander, though he could not attack the
Jong, did not allow himself to be simply invested in his
post. He constantly sallied out to clear villages, and
demolish any within the vicinity of our post ; he main-
tained a mounted dak service to the rear, and in every
way endeavoured to keep as much in the ascendant as
was possible in the circumstances.
An important stage had now been reached. The
Government of India on 1\'1ay 14 telegraphed to nie that
His Majesty's Government agreed with them that recent
events made it inevitable that the Mission should advance
to Lhasa, unless the Tibetans consented to open negotia-
tions at Gyaiitse. I was, therefore, to give notice to the
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