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- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul abstract "The 1842 Kabul Retreat (or Massacre of Elphinstone's Army) took place during the First Anglo-Afghan War. Following an uprising in Kabul, Major General Sir William Elphinstone negotiated an agreement with Akbar Khan, one of the sons of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan, by which his army was to withdraw to the British garrison at Jalalabad, more than 90 miles (140 km) away. As the army and its numerous dependents and camp-followers began its march, it came under attack from Afghan tribesmen. Many of the column died of exposure, frostbite or starvation or were killed during the fighting.The Afghans launched numerous attacks against the column as it made slow progress through the winter snows of the Hindu Kush. In total the British army lost 4,500 troops, along with 12,000 mainly Indian camp-followers. The final stand was made just outside a village called Gandamak on 13 January.Out of more than 16,000 people from the column commanded by Elphinstone, only one European (Assistant Surgeon William Brydon) and a few Indian sepoys reached Jalalabad. A few dozen British prisoners and civilian hostages were later released. Many of the British and Indians died of exposure, frostbite or starvation or were killed during the fighting. Around 2,000 of the Indians, many of whom were maimed by frostbite, survived and returned to Kabul to exist by begging or to be sold into slavery. Some at least returned to India after another British invasion of Kabul several months later, but others remained behind in Afghanistan.In 2013, a writer for The Economist called the retreat "the worst British military disaster until the fall of Singapore exactly a century later."".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul causalties "Unknown".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant "23px East India Company".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant "British Empire".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant "border|25px Afghanistan".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul commander Akbar_Khan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul commander William_George_Keith_Elphinstone.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul date "1842-01-13".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul isPartOfMilitaryConflict First_Anglo-Afghan_War.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul place Afghanistan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul place Gandamak.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul place Kabul%E2%80%93Jalalabad_Road.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul result "Afghan victory".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul strength "4,500 regular troops (including 690 British) and 12,000 civilian workers".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul strength "Unknown but a British source claims possibly around 30,000".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul thumbnail Last-stand.jpg?width=300.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink the-tragedy-of-afghanistan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink fon_t12.html.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink kabul-gandamak.htm.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink history1.htm.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink display.php?author=morris&book=english&story=massacre.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageExternalLink first-western-war-in-afghanistan-was-an-imperial-disaster.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageID "8936535".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wikiPageRevisionID "604735180".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul caption "An 1898 depiction of the last stand of survivors of Her Majesty's 44th Foot at Gandamak.".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul casualties "Unknown".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul casualties "~16,500 killed or captured, 1 escaped".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant Emirate_of_Afghanistan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant "23".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant "British Empire".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul combatant File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_pre-1901.svg.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul commander Akbar_Khan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul commander "William Elphinstone".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul conflict "Massacre of Elphinstone's Army".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul date "--01-13".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul hasPhotoCollection 1842_retreat_from_Kabul.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul partof "the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839–1842".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul place "Kabul–Jalalabad Road, near Gandamak, Afghanistan".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul result "Afghan victory".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul strength "4500".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul strength "Unknown but a British source claims possibly around 30,000".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul subject Category:1842_in_Asia.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul subject Category:Battles_of_the_First_Anglo-Afghan_War.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul subject Category:Conflicts_in_1842.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul subject Category:History_of_Nangarhar_Province.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul subject Category:Massacres_in_Afghanistan.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type Event.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type MilitaryConflict.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type SocietalEvent.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type Event.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type Event.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul type Thing.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul comment "The 1842 Kabul Retreat (or Massacre of Elphinstone's Army) took place during the First Anglo-Afghan War. Following an uprising in Kabul, Major General Sir William Elphinstone negotiated an agreement with Akbar Khan, one of the sons of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan, by which his army was to withdraw to the British garrison at Jalalabad, more than 90 miles (140 km) away.".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul label "1842 retreat from Kabul".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul label "Bataille de Gandamak".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul label "Batalla de Gandamak".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul label "Masakra armii Elphinstone'a".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul label "Schlacht von Gandamak".
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Schlacht_von_Gandamak.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Batalla_de_Gandamak.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Bataille_de_Gandamak.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Masakra_armii_Elphinstone'a.
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- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Q908888.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul sameAs Q908888.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul wasDerivedFrom 1842_retreat_from_Kabul?oldid=604735180.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul depiction Last-stand.jpg.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul isPrimaryTopicOf 1842_retreat_from_Kabul.
- 1842_retreat_from_Kabul name "Massacre of Elphinstone's Army".