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First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.
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First Anglo-Afghan War
1838–1842 British-Afghan war
The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British initially successfully invaded the country taking sides in a succession dispute between emir Dost Mohammad Khan (Barakzai) and former King Shah Shujah…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Brydon
19th-century British soldier
William Brydon was a British doctor who was assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, famous for reportedly being the only member of an army of 4,500 men, plus 12,000 accompanying civilians, to reach safety in Jalalabad at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1842 retreat from Kabul
Retreat during the First Anglo-Afghan War
The 1842 retreat from Kabul was the retreat of the British and East India Company forces from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. An uprising in Kabul forced the then-commander, Major-General William Elphinstone, to fall back to the British garrison at Jalalabad. In early…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Jalalabad
City in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Jalalabad, historically known as Nagarhara or Adinapur, is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 200,331, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about 130 kilometres (80 mi) from the capital Kabul.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)