#anglo-afghan war

[cid5]

circa 1919: Afghan officers stand in a line in front of a rocky hill during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

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'At Bay', British Soldiers During the Second Anglo-Afghan War by William Heysham Overend

[pebblegalaxy]

Hari Singh Nalwa - A Prominent Military Commander of the Sikh Empire

Hari Singh Nalwa was a prominent military commander and general of the Sikh Empire in northern India, during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army and was known for his bravery, military tactics, and administrative skills. He fought in several battles and campaigns, including the First Anglo-Sikh War, and expanded the boundaries of the Sikh…

[mysterioushimachal]

Chapslee Estate: Home of the Historic Shimla Manifesto Declaration

[sacz21]

India Gate tour guide is the best monument to visit in Delhi. It is a majestic war memorial located in the heart of New Delhi, India. Standing tall at 42 meters, it was built to commemorate the 70,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting for the British Army during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

[lightdancer1]

First book in a new sequence of history books wrapped up:

This one, as the title indicates, covers the first Anglo-Afghan War. At one remove it's a rare case where an Asian power outright defeated a European colonial adventure, in this case Dost Muhammad's Afghan Kingdom defeating the attempt to create a satellite state under Shah Shujah. The victory reflected as much the incompetence and weakness of British command, which had too few troops for the task, distributed in indefensible positions over too wide an area. Then compounded this with a retreat more ill-managed than Napoleon's in 1812. It also reflected that Afghan warrior traditions, as old-model as they are in a great many ways are formidable enough to face forces with superior technology and to negate those advantages, as they have against the great world powers of their day from the British Empire to the USSR and then the United States.

On the whole, it's less that Afghanistan is the graveyard of Empires and more that imperial hubris and dispatching too few troops to too wide an area under conditions of the greatest arrogance lead to predictable failure. At the most abstract, detached level this is the same pattern gripping Russia in Ukraine, as this particular rule hasn't changed since the first humans formed states and armies to replace older raids.

9/10.

[mssoapart]

Day 7

Free-day (Out of order and late) Alenoah as Sherlock/Moriarty.

I like it when two characters play mind games and scheming against or with each other.

I didn`t plan to create an AU, but – my rant and bits of literature/character analysis (The Vision). Also, draw concept sketch.

Noah (Detective Sherlock Holmes). I mean, they're both geniuses, introverts who don't care about social opinion and some versions depicted him as being good with dogs. In Victorian England, I totally see Noah opening a detective agency, because you either go working on a plant or you might use your geniuses’ intelligence to solve crimes, like game puzzles, and make monies to pay bills and buy new books because in 1800 many books were expensive and produced in small quantities.

Plus! I might look at this too far, but I think the Sherlock and Watson analogy was implemented in London episode when they strip team Chris just to Noah and Owen for investigation.

Owen (Dr. Watson). Basically in the original books, Watson plays the role of the guy, your typical visual novel MC, well narrator, who has character, but his whole purpose is just to be a witness to detectives doing, asking questions for the audience. This leads to usually representing Watson as either annoyed with Sherlock's antics or (usually in kids' media) naïve but with good intentions because of this simplification, to show his kindhearted nature in cartoons and caricatures he is portrayed as chubby, which is what we need! But all of them did service in the Anglo-Afghan War, even Disney version mentioned it. (Also if you want to do Nowen version of Jhonlock I don`t mind, sure go for it)

Alejandro (professor Moriarty). Do I really need to explain? Both archvillains in their stories. Professor, respected in society for his talent and achievements, wealthy, but behind all of that façade he`s "Napoleon of crime". He doesn’t usually do crimes himself but rather, schemes, orchestrates the events, or provides the plans that will lead to a successful crime, like paying money to a court so that someone can be released from prison.

Heather (Irene Adler). OK, in the original books (all books written not by Arthur Conan Doyle are basically fanfics) her character and Sherlock don`t date (But if you like, it`s fine). She was more like “I know what you are” towards him.  I want to base it more on Warner Bros Sherlock where Irene works with Moriarty, but they also try to get rid of each other. She is also famous for blackmailing royals, If it isn`t most Heather thing I don`t know what is.

Eva (Mrs. Hudson). The landlady. I think it would be funny, she yelling at them to pay their bills in time.

See you next week

[bizarrebazaar13]

ok so due to the sleepy I might not be able to elaborate on this as much as I wanted. but.

given that the honey addled detective is a Sherlock Holmes reference, isn’t it weird that we don’t see a Watson counterpart? especially given that “Holmes and Watson but supernatural” is an established adaptation genre (the particular crossover of the Holmes stories and Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos is more common and more popular than you might expect).

however. Holmes and Watson meet essentially by chance; Watson returns from war in Afghanistan and is looking for a place to live, and runs into an old acquaintance, who introduces him to another man looking for someone to share rent payments. that man is, of course, Sherlock Holmes, and from there both of their lives change drastically.

in mask of the rose, Harjit comments that with London (and crucially, its rulers) now underground and cut off from the surface, England’s colonial influence is much weaker. Watson was wounded in the battle of Maiwand, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. the war was fought as part of the real life “Great Game”: a power struggle between the Russian and British empires in Central Asia.

so, in the Fallen London universe, would the battle of Maiwand ever have happened? maybe not. is it possible that Watson and Holmes might have met some other way? of course. but specifically in the context of Fallen London, it seems unlikely. Watson says that he “had neither kith nor kin in England” upon his arrival in London in A Study in Scarlet, and he specifically made his way to London in order to recover from his wounds. a spooky underground cavern is probably not conducive to rest and recovery.

assuming Holmes was born in 1854, he would have been only eight years old in 1862, when the fall happened, which (to me) rules out any possibility of him and Watson meeting before the fall. for context, A Study in Scarlet takes place in 1881, well after London has fallen. so we are left with a Holmes without a Watson.

Jeremy Brett, who played Holmes on screen for a decade, once compared Holmes’s relationship to Watson to “a drowning man clinging to a raft”. if the honey addled detective is indeed a direct reference to Sherlock Holmes, he makes for a very tragic one indeed, and that makes him extremely compelling to me.

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A First World War propaganda piece by Harry Payne, showing a ghostly array of soldiers surrounding a sleeping man with the caption, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GUARD THE HOMES OF ENGLAND?"

It's not unusual to see war propaganda drawing on the military glory of past generations. What makes this weird is that the artist was well-known for illustrating historical military scenes, and yet he chose to depict so many Victorian era British soldiers from after the Napoleonic Wars.

Buddy, I don't think the guy from the Anglo-Afghan War is guarding the homes of England, or the guy who put down the Indian Rebellion in 1857. The Crimean War guy is not guarding anyone's home, the guy from the Third Anglo-Burmese War is not helping you etc etc.

[fluentisonus]

okay sorry to be back on this but the thing that gets me is. as far as i can tell the original mouse books make no mention whatsoever of a mouse version of the second anglo-afghan war. which means they were making the movie and were like do you know what this needs. to have mouse watson be a veteran of a mouse war between the mouse british empire (canonically in this movie there is a mouse british empire) and mouse afghanistan in the late mouse 1870s. just like in conan doyle. but with mice

[angelictearsshapedbytealeaves]

I’ve decided to review the first TGAA case. Because why not. Spoilers ahead if you haven’t played as well^^ as a newcomer to the series.

The first case in my opinion is a great tutorial for the game. Albeit with issues. A lot of good but the flaws it has prevent it from being truly great. Let’s begin with positives:

This game looks beautiful, is it a remastered 3DS game? Yes, but that doesn’t take away how stunning it all looks. The character models are well designed and brimming with personality, not only just that but the animations are spectacular. I have played games with a presumably higher budget and none come to how satisfying and smooth the animation is. I love how when Naruhodo slams his hands onto his desk and he for a second glances at them, it gives off a feeling of anxiety and fear so well. Alongside his eyes darting around the courtroom.

The gameplay is actually quite addictive, it’s a more subdued version of Danganronpa’s trials (have not played those but this is from speculation) yet it also feels very intense and gives me a dopamine rush the moment I point out a contradiction correctly. I even adore the fact you can investigate evidence further and it adds to the experience significantly.

The dialogue in this game is shockingly well translated and is full of charm and wit, Naruhodo, Kazuma, Jezaille and even the witnesses are plenty likable. I especially adore them all as characters and seeing Naruhodo grow more and more confident throughout the trial was so satisfying to see. Even if a dumb moment or two was here, overall it’s still very good quality. I also adore the little callback to Sherlock Holmes lore with Jezaille Brett’s name being a callback to the weapon that injured Dr. Watson in the Anglo-Afghan War (The Jezail) seeing as she killed him in this case. It’s a lovely reference honestly.

The music to this game is second to none, asides the Pursuit theme, my favorite track in this game is “Trial In Disorder”. The string section swelling up and it makes the atmosphere so much more oppressive in the courtroom. Especially as events transpires. This games music should not be at the high level of quality it actually is because the music in this game beats out a lot of soundtracks in games and its for a lawyer visual novel. (Track mentioned appears at end of post.)

Here are my negatives however:

The pacing in this case was so unbelievably slow, I don’t even think it was this long of a case but it felt like I was stuck playing it for two whole days, the amount of blatant in-court BS that happened to make this case go on longer (I get why it happened though, to show off how untouchable she seemingly was.) made it feel so much worse to go through.

Alongside the slow pacing I feel like a lot of the animations made it feel so slow, they’re all very well done and smooth but they also feel too drawn out at times and like the game was spending more time showing off the animations rather than allowing the case to flow by at a marginally better pace.

The entire steak segment and some of the testimonies should have been cut. A bunch of it really was pointless meandering.

Honestly not a bad tutorial. A 7.5/10. The very slow pacing and how stupid certain things were drag it down.

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Statue commemorating the defence of the British Embassy, Kabul, by Lieutenant Walter Hamilton and soldiers of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, 1879

[multifandomaceflux]

So... I've noticed a severe lack of wartime Watson fanart (I might be wrong tho)

Either way, I decided to do something about it :)

Just one teeny problem, I have absolutely no idea of how the uniforms were during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. So you get WW1 AU Watson instead.

In arduis fidelis.

[pebblegalaxy]

Hari Singh Nalwa - A Prominent Military Commander of the Sikh Empire

Hari Singh Nalwa was a prominent military commander and general of the Sikh Empire in northern India, during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army and was known for his bravery, military tactics, and administrative skills. He fought in several battles and campaigns, including the First Anglo-Sikh War, and expanded the boundaries of the Sikh…

[bonesfool]

hiiiii new Holmes mutuals/followers is anyone interested in maybe being a beta reader for my draft of my audio drama SHolmes adaptation? I'm pretty directly adapting a lot of bits from Doyle's writing (esp dialogue) and I'd love to have someone who is familiar with the source material read over my scripts to let me know if there are any points where its obvious its switching between directly copied Doyle/slightly changed Doyle/original writing

I have 5 episode drafts written so far, which range from 3000-7000 words each, and have 5 more to finish out Study in Scarlet

Basic premise is alternate history version of ACD canon where Britain is losing its grip on its empire (Most notably, lost the second Anglo-Afghan war) and certain technology (notably medical and radio) is anachronistically advanced. I am hoping to explore the portrayal of empire in Holmes stories/Victorian literature, as well as the politics of what became the root of most of the modern crime genre (with a very anti-imperial, abolitionist bent. I also want to explore the class and gender politics of the Victorian era, particularly with regards to the recurring plot elements of secrets, marriage, affairs, and blackmail in the original stories

Watson lost his arm in the war and was given a prosthetic. He was given basically a tape recorder as a therapy device as a replacement for journaling since he has difficulty writing with both his prosthetic and his non-dominant arm. He is being written as experiencing psychosis, as well as what would likely be diagnosed as OCD and PTSD by modern psychiatry

Holmes is a gay trans man who has been living stealth his entire adult life, but spent many formative years working in and around the truth of what the "Bohemian lifestyle" romanticized (poverty, crime, drugs, and sex work). He is being written with the idea that if his character existed in a world with modern day understandings of psychiatry he would be diagnosed with BPD and autism

I have eventual plans for canon Sherlock/John/Mary (this is my husband John and his partner Sherlock), Desi-Scottish Mary, and woman Moriarty

you can see my ramblings/posts that make me giggle and think about Them/and my concept art here

[stephensmithuk]

A Study in Scarlet Chapter 1

This novel was originally published in 1887 as part of Beeton's Christmas Annual.

Netley is a village near Southampton, home to a military hospital that was opened in 1863 and at 435m long, was the longest building in the world at the time. It saw use in both World Wars, but fell into disrepair after that - after a 1963 fire damaged much of the building, the place was demolished in 1966 and only the chapel remains. A military psychiatric facility remained on site until 1978,

The Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers is now part of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, whose 5th Battalion is today a Reserve regiment.

The 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot disappeared in 1881 as part of army reforms, being one of the ancestors of the modern day The Rifles.

The Battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880 was one of the key battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War; to put it simply, it was a heavy British loss although the Afghans, led by Ayub Khan, themselves had a lot of casualties themselves. Two Victoria Crosses were awarded for the battle and the retreat afterwards. Khan's forces were decisively defeated a month later at the Battle of Kandahar, the British ultimately winning that war.

A jezail was a handcrafted long-barreled rifle; very accurate for their time, they were generally highly decorated as well. Some saw use against Soviet forces in that particular conflict in Afghanistan.

Enteric fever is another name for typhoid fever; even with modern treatment, the death rate can be 1-4%.

The Criterion Restuarant is located on 224 Piccadilly and a plaque commemorating Watson's meeting with Stamford was added by the Baker Street Irregulars in 1981. It is currently closed, but the current owners plan to turn it into an Indian restaurant with as much decor as the listed building status allows.

The Bunsen burner was developed in the 1850s by German chemist Robert Bunsen and his assistant Peter Desaga.

Police News of the Past references The Illustrated Police News, a sensationalised tabloid newspaper that ran from 1864 to 1938.