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== The Retreat == | == The Retreat == | ||
''In bitter winter weather the retreating army was continually attacked and in a series of rearguard actions the majority of the troops and camp followers perished. Muhammad Akbar took 120 men, women and children hostage. The remnants of the [[44th Regiment of Foot|44th Regiment]], 20 officers and 45 European soldiers, made a last stand at [[Gundamak]]. All were killed except Captain Thomas Alexander Souter who was taken prisoner and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon Dr William Brydon] who escaped on horseback to the besieged city of [[Jalalabad]].'' | ''In bitter winter weather the retreating army was continually attacked and in a series of rearguard actions the majority of the troops and camp followers perished. Muhammad Akbar took 120 men, women and children hostage. The remnants of the [[44th Regiment of Foot|44th Regiment]], 20 officers and 45 European soldiers, made a last stand at [[Gundamak]]. All were killed except Captain Thomas Alexander Souter who was taken prisoner and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon Dr William Brydon] who escaped on horseback to the besieged city of [[Jalalabad]].'' | ||
==Related articles == | |||
For further details of events during this period see the following articles | |||
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|[[Departure from Kabul]] | |||
|6 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Action at Boothak]] | |||
|7 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Battle of Khoord-Kabul Pass]] | |||
| 8 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Hostages taken at Khoord-Kabul]] | |||
|9 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Battle of Tunghi Tarika]] | |||
|10 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Action at Jugdulluk]] | |||
|11 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Retreat from Jugdulluk]] | |||
|12 January 1842 | |||
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|[[Battle of Gundamak]] | |||
|13 January 1842 | |||
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