Remnants of an Army
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The Remnants of an Army, Jellalabad, January 13, 1842, better known as Remnants of an Army, is an oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, from 1879. It depicts William Brydon, assis
Remnants of an Army.
Lady Elizabeth Southerden Butler by Lady Elizabeth Southerden Butler
1842 retreat from Kabul
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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
Remnants of an Army
…of Afghanistan". Supposedly Brydon was initially thought to be the only survivor of the approximately 16,000 soldiers and camp followers from the 1842 retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and is shown toiling the last few miles to safety on an exhausted and dying horse. A few other stragglers from the army…
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.