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The First Afghan War 1839-42 - Invasion, catastrophe and retreat (Paperback)
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The First Afghan War 1839-42 - Invasion, catastrophe and retreat (Paperback)
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Loot Price R447
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In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus
to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king
Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was
another step in Britain's Great Game - Afghanistan would create a
buffer to any potential Russian expansion towards India. This
history traces the initial, campaign which would see the British
easily occupy Kabul and the rebellion that two years later would
see the British army humbled. Forced to negotiate a surrender the
British fled Kabul en masse in the harsh Afghan winter. Decimated
by Afghan guerilla attacks and by the harsh cold and a lack of food
and supplies just one European - Dr Brydon would make it to the
safety of Jalalabad five days later. This book goes on to trace the
retribution attack on Kabul the following year, which destroyed the
symbolic Mogul Bazaar before rapidly withdrawing and leaving
Afghanistan in peace for nearly a generation.
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