William Nott
Videos
Major-General Sir William Nott was a British military officer of the Bengal Army, East India Company in British India.
Sir William Nott by J. Deffet Francis
Statue in Nott Square, Carmarthen
1842 retreat from Kabul
Videos
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
William Nott
…evacuated. Nott at once decided to disobey, on the supposition that Elphinstone was not a free agent at Kabul; and as soon as he heard the news of the Massacre of Elphinstone's army, he urged the government at Calcutta to maintain the garrison of Kandahar with a view to avenging the massacre and the murder of Macnaghten. In March…
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.