chuplies

Updated: May 21, 2025

I was reduced to choosing between boots with large holes in the soles or chuplies mended with string; the boots I kept for show days, as the holes didn't show, and the chuplies for ordinary work. Most of the other officers were much in the same plight. So ended the march of Colonel Kelly's column to Chitral.

William George Laurence Beynon - With Kelly to Chitral