Photograph of captured guns from Ali Musjid parked on Shergai Heights, Gen Appleyard and staff in the foreground, nd.
From a photograph album, consisting of 100 photographs by J Burke.
Associated with the Battle of Ali Musjid, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

The Shargai Heights, situated in the Khyber Pass, were captured during the assault on the Afghan fortress of Ali Masjid by Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Browne’s Peshawar Valley Field Force on 21 November 1878. During the attack, Brigadier-General Frederick Appleyard commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade. After securing the Khyber, the Field Force advanced towards Jalalabad.