An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by combatants waiting in a concealed position against an approaching enemy individual or group. The concealed position itself or the concealed person may als
French Royalist rebels preparing an ambush during the War in the Vendée
General Braddock's troops ambushed and decimated by the French and Indians in 1755
Depiction of a Zulu attack on a Boer camp in February 1838
The VC/NVA prepared the battlefield carefully. Siting automatic weapons at treetop level for example helped shoot down several US helicopters during the Battle of Dak To, 1967
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 Wil
Ambush
…Vendée General Braddock's troops ambushed and decimated by the French and Indians in 1755 Depiction of a Zulu attack on a Boer camp in February 1838 Massacre of Elphinstone's army during the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1842 Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863 An ambush is a surprise…
The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck by William Barnes Wollen, 1898
General William Elphinstone, who was given command of British forces in Afghanistan in 1841
Wazir Akbar Khan, son of deposed Afghan leader, Dost Mohammad Barakzai.
The Grove and Valley of Jugdulluk where Elphinstone's Army made its last stand in the calamitous retreat; January 1842. As drawn on the spot by James Rattray.