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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
210 THE STORMING OF GYANTSE JONG
by the 8th Gurkhas and the 40th Pathans, supported
by the mountain battery. The fight was severe, for the
hillside was very steep. Captain Craster, 46th Pathans,
was killed whilst gallantly leading his company, and
Captains Bliss and Humphreys slightly wounded. The
capture of this position much disheartened the Tibetans ;
communications between Gyantse Jong and Shigatse were
cut off, and the jong was now surrounded on three sides.
Hearing that the big Lama from Lhasa, known as the
Ta Lama, was at Shigatse, and that the Councillor was at
Nagartse, on the road to Lhasa, I made a Lama in our
employ write to these two on June 28, saying that the
Tongsa Penlop had told me that they wished to come
here to settle matters, but were afraid. I promised them,
if they had proper credentials to effect a settlement, to
guarantee their safety and treat them with respect ; but
I said they must come at once, for we were about to start
for Lhasa. These letters I sent by the hands of prisoners.
One of these messengers was seized by the Tibetans
and brought to the jong, where a council was held to
consider its contents, as a result of which, on the following
morning, a messenger with a flag of truce of enormous
dimensions was sent to the Mission post. The whole
garrison crowded to the walls to see his arrival, for this
was the first indication of peace. He said the Tibetan
leaders desired an armistice till the Ta Lama, who was at
Penam, halfway to Shigatse, and who could be at Gyantse
on the following day, could arrive to negotiate with me.
The messenger said that he and the Councillor corning
from Nagartse had powers from the Dalai Lama to treat.
After consultation with General Macdonald, I replied
to the Tibetans that I would grant the armistice they
asked for till sunset of June 30, to enable the Ta Lama to
reach Gyantse; but that as I was attacked on May 5 with-
out warning, though I had informed the Tibetan Govern-
ment that I was ready to negotiate there, and as Tibetan
armed forces had occupied the jong and fired into my
camp ever since, General Macdonald, who was responsible
for the safety of the Mission, demanded that they should
evacuate the jong and withdraw all armed force beyond
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