William George Keith Elphinstone
Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone CB was an officer of the British Army during the 19th century.
Major-General William Elphinstone (1836–1839)
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.
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 (Durrani), whom they reinstalled upon occupying Kabul in August 1839. The main British Indian force occupied Kabul and endured harsh winters. The force and its camp followers were almost completely massacred during the 1842 retreat from Kabul.
Lithograph depicting British-Indian force storming the fortress during the Battle of Ghazni, 23 July 1839
Sir – I – Khajur in the Bolan Pass, 1839
The Opening in to the Narrow Path above the Siri Bolan from James Atkinson's Sketches in Afghaunistan
Dost Mohammad Khan’s surrender in 1840 following his victory at Parwan Darra.
