"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٢‎٠‎٩] (٣٩٠/٢٣٤)

CAMPAIGN IN PERSIA.
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evening was darker than usual, and the rush of
one mighty column of flame into the heavens,
with cloud over cloud of bright silvery-looking
smoke, mingled with shells bursting like sky
rockets in the midst, attended by a report that
made the hills echo again, and a concussion
which shook the ground even where the ad
vance-guard stood, formed altogether an event
of life not likely to be forgotten by any who
beheld it. The pile of ammunition was fired
by Lieutenant Gibbard of the horse-artillery,
and Lieutenant Hassard, the adjutant of the
2nd European light infantry, with rifles and
shell bullets of Colonel Jacob's invention,
from a distance of about one hundred and
fifty yards. Both these officers were thrown
down by the shock of the concussion. Did
any doubt previously exist of the formid
able character of this new weapon and pro
jectile, the occurrence described fully removed
it. The march was then resumed, and until
midnight nothing took place to disturb the
usual quiet, orderly movement onwards; in
deed, the enemy having been reported as seen
the day previously retiring in haste through