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Battle of
Klifishab,
r I'he village close by might have been utilized as a formid
able defensive work, having high walls, towers and a ditch 15
feet deep ; while all round it were cactus and thorn fences. All
th? ammunition and everything else that could no. be carried
off was destroyed. . xrej
On February 7th, provisions w ere running short., and a retire
ment oft Bushire was commenced by a night march. About mid
night the guide lost his way, and the enemy attacked. The troops
coolly formed up and lay down under lire till dawn, losing, how-
ever, two officers and six men wounded and one man killed. On
February 8 th, when day broke, the enemy were seen drawn
up with their right on Khushab and numbering 6,000 infantry,
11,000 cavalry and 15 guns. They were attacked by the cavalry
and artillery, the infantry being in support. The artillery made
very line practice and the Persians broke and lied. The 3rd
Bombay Cavalry charged and broke up a square of Persian
infantry
Continuous rain now set in. The force resumed its march
that evening. The country had become a swamp, and the roads
were almost impassable, ankle deep in sticky mud, half clay,
half sand, and many men lost their boots.
The guides misled the force which marched throughout the
entire night. The infantry reached Bushire on the evening of
February 9th : heavy rain was still falling, but the men were in
excellent spirits.
Successful operations were then undertaken against Muham-
mareh nnd Ahwaz, the war coming to an end with the treaty
of Paris signed on March 4th 1857.
The conditions of peace were—The Shah to withdraw his
troops from Herat, relinquishing every claim of sovereignty over
it, and to refrain from all interference with Afghanistan ; to
recognise the independence of Herat; prisoners taken at Herat
to be released without ransom. The British Mission to be received
at Tehran with apologies; the slave trade to be suppressed
m the 1 email Gulf and apologies to be made to Mr. Murray for
the insolent conduct of the Shah and his minister.
In May the troops were withdrawn from Muhammareh to
Busnire or inuia
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