The Troops Emerging from the Narrow Part of the Defile in the Koojah Pass
lithograph, tinted, print
Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-481-11

Description

The Troops Emerging from the Narrow Part of the Defile in the Koojah Pass. Tinted lithograph from bound volume of 26 tinted lithographs, 'Sketches in Afghanistan', 1838-1842. By Louis and Charles Haghe after James Atkinson, published by Henry Graves and Company and J W Allen and Company, 1 Jul 1842. In spring 1839 a 12,000 strong British-Indian force, the Army of the Indus, under Sir John Keane invaded Afghanistan via Baluchistan. The Khojak Pass was situated between Quetta and Kandahar. Atkinson (1780-1852) accompanied the force as Superintending Surgeon.

Campaigns

1st Afghan War (1838-1842)