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THE ARMAMENT OE SHERE AlFs ARMY. 
Bemaru heights, in the middle, a strong citadel was to have risen—the 
“New Bala Hissar.” At the foot of the southern slope, below the 
citadel, a splendid palace was mapped out, the strong foundations of 
which even now show how imposing the building would have been. 
Shere AlFs quarrel with the British put an end to his ambitions schemes, 
and Sherpur remains to this day incomplete; while, away in the Hazar 
Darukht defile, thousands of logs are lying, ready squared, which the 
Jajis had got ready for the barracks which will now never be built. 
Lieut. Chamberlain, in summarising the result of his interesting 
enquiries into Afghan armaments, makes out the following tabular 
statement:— 
Number of Guns previous to War of 1878-9. 
English siege-train (elephant). 6 
Cabuli ,/ w . 10 
u „ (bullock) . 18 
tt , C breech-loaders, 89) n . e 
Horsed guns... | brass _g UnS) ’ 56 | . 145 
f breech-loaders, 6 ") 
Mountain guns < muzzle-loaders, 48 > . 150 
( brass, 9 6 ) 
Various small guns of position... 50 
Total . 379 
Deduct guns captured, 1879-80... 256 
Guns remaining in country . 123 
These are believed to be chiefly in Herat and Turkistan. 
The number of rifles entered in the Government books as having 
been issued to the troops are— 
English Sniders . 5000 
a Enfields . 15000 
„ rifled carbines . 1200 
„ Brunswick rifles. 1400 
„ Tower muskets . 1000 
a cavalry pistols . 1045 
Cabuli Sniders . 2189 
„ Enfields .. 8212 
„ rifled carbines . 589 
Kandahari Enfields. 453 
Herati u .......... 516 
Various kinds for cavalry (double-barrelled, &c.)... 1553 
Smooth-bores (probably many Tower muskets) ... 1418 
Flint muskets . 1300 
Total .. 49875 
Of these, 742 English Enfields, 560 English Sniders, and 5427 muskets, 
Cabuli Sniders and Enfields, flint muskets, &c., have been given up, 
leaving 43,146 small-arms in the country. 
