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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The process of withdrawal from Afghanistan began paradoxically with two armies advancing on Kabul. General Pollock had forced the Khyber Pass in April 1842 to join with General sale who had been besieged at Jalalabad.  
The process of withdrawal from Afghanistan began paradoxically with two armies advancing on Kabul. General Pollock had forced the Khyber Pass in April 1842 to join with General Sale who had been besieged at Jalalabad. General Nott meanwhile had been occupying Kandahar for the previous two years. General Elphinstone's army had been destroyed in the disastrous retreat from Kabul and Shah Shujah, who had been restored to the throne by the British was murdered and Lord Ellenborough who succeeded Lord Auckland as Governor-General was in favour of withdrawal of the troops
 
 
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dnkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&dq=General+Nott+Kabul&as_brr=3&ei=Zhg1SpbvF6b0ygSexLCkBg#PPA325,M1 The March from Kabul to Peshawar] Google Books
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dnkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&dq=General+Nott+Kabul&as_brr=3&ei=Zhg1SpbvF6b0ygSexLCkBg#PPA325,M1 The March from Kabul to Peshawar] Google Books
[[Category:1st Afghan War| The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War| The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan| The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan| The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]

Revision as of 11:37, 28 April 2010

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The March from Peshawar to Kabul
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Synopsis

The process of withdrawal from Afghanistan began paradoxically with two armies advancing on Kabul. General Pollock had forced the Khyber Pass in April 1842 to join with General Sale who had been besieged at Jalalabad. General Nott meanwhile had been occupying Kandahar for the previous two years. General Elphinstone's army had been destroyed in the disastrous retreat from Kabul and Shah Shujah, who had been restored to the throne by the British was murdered and Lord Ellenborough who succeeded Lord Auckland as Governor-General was in favour of withdrawal of the troops


External Links

The March from Kabul to Peshawar Google Books