NAM.1966-10-19-1

Khoord Caubel Pass, 1842. Ink wash over pencil sketch by George Alfred Croly, 1843. Soldiers crossing a river in a mountain valley, with detail in the foreground of dead bodies from the retreat from Kabul in January 1842. Associated with 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). When news of the Kabul garrison's destruction and the siege of Jalalabad siege reached India and eventually Britain, an 'Army of Retribution' was assembled under the command of Major-General George Pollock. He forced the Khyber Pass and relieved Jalalabad. Pressing on, he defeated Akbar Khan at Jagdalak and Tezeen, advanced through the Khoord-Kabul, and reached the Afghan capital in September 1842. This drawing depicts soldiers from Pollock’s force journeying though the Khoord-Kabul. This pass is about five miles (eight km) long and overlooked by cliffs 5-600 feet (150-180 metres) high. In the foreground can be seen the remains of the dead soldiers and camp followers who were killed in the pass during the ill-fated retreat from Kabul in January 1842.

Kabul, Retreat from, 1842 (1st Afghan War 1838-1842)