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*[https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog ''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900''] by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 Archive.org. Contains two chapters on the Afghan War of 1879- 1880. The author worked as a military surveyor.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwars18394200forbuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80''] by Archibald Forbes 1892 (archive.org)<br />
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/kabul-under-attack Kabul Under Attack] Handwritten online letter from Gen Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard, with detailed account of the capture of Kabul 1880 King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier
*''The Eastern question from the Treaty of Paris 1836 to the Treaty of Berlin 1878 and to the Second Afghan War'' by the Duke of Argyll 1879 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/easternquestionf01argyuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/easternquestionf02argyuoft#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]
*[http://archive.org/stream/kohatkuramandkh00thogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Kohat, Kuram, and Khost; Or, Experiences and Adventures in the Late Afghan War''] by Richard Gillham-Thomsett, Surgeon, Army Medical Department 1884 Archive.org
→Historical books online: Re-order
*''The Second Afghan War, 1878-79-80 its causes, its conduct and its consequences'' by Colonel H.B. Hanna. Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar101hann#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1] 1899, [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar102hann#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2] 1904
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwar02hensgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Afghan War of 1879-80''] by Howard Hensman, Special Correspondent of ''The Pioneer'' (Allahabad) and ''The Daily News'' (London). Second Edition 1882 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwars18394200forbuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80''] by Archibald Forbes 1892 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031122mbp ''A History of Afghanistan Volume II''] by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org. Includes the 2nd Afghan War. [https://archive.org/stream/historyofafghani031122mbp#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume III Baluchistan, and the First Afghan War'']. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org Includes expeditions which were side issues of the 2nd Afghan War.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwargoughs00swyngoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Afghan War: Gough's Action at Futtehabad''] by Charles Swinnerton 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kandaharin02messgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Kandahar in 1879: The Diary of Major Le Messurier R.E., Brigade Major R. E. with the Quetta Column''] 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/kabul-under-attack Kabul Under Attack] Handwritten online letter from Gen Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard, with detailed account of the capture of Kabul 1880 King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier
*[https://archive.org/stream/withkurramfield00colqgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''With the Kurram Field Force, 1878-79'']
by Major J. A. S. Colquhoun, R.A. With illustrations by the author. 1881 Archive.org (Maps are not copied)
*[https://archive.org/stream/tocaubulwithcava00mitf#page/n7/mode/2up ''To Caubul with the Cavalry Brigade:
A narrative of personal experiences with the force under General Sir F.S. Roberts
with map and illustrations from sketches by the author''] by Major R C W Mitford XIVth Bengal Lancers 1881 Archive.org (Map may be extended out )
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kurumkabulkandah00roberich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Kurum, Kabul & Kandahar being a brief record of impressions in three campaigns under General Roberts''] by Charles Gray Robertson, Lieutenant 8th (the King’s) Regiment 1881 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionska00dukegoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Recollections of the Kabul campaign 1879 & 1880''] by Joshua Duke, Bengal Medical Service 1883 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/kohatkuramandkh00thogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Kohat, Kuram, and Khost; Or, Experiences and Adventures in the Late Afghan War''] by Richard Gillham-Thomsett, Surgeon, Army Medical Department 1884 Archive.org
*''The Death March Through The Khyber Pass'' by G J H Evatt 1891. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285135 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. More complete title details are ''Personal Recollections of the Afghan Campaigns of 1878-79-80. The “Death-march” through the Khyber Pass in the Afghan Campaign 1878-79'' by Surgeon-Major G. J. H. Evatt, A M D. Reprinted from “Journal of the United Service Institution of India,” 1890.
*[httphttps://www.archive.org/stream/kandaharin02messgoog#page/n4/modedetails/2up indianborderlan00holdgoog ''Kandahar in 1879: The Diary of Major Le Messurier R.E.Indian Borderland, Brigade Major R. E. with the Quetta Column1880-1900''] 1880 by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 Archive.org. Contains two chapters on the Afghan War of 1879- 1880. The author worked as a military surveyor.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromkabultokumas00will#page/10/mode/2up Afghanistan service], page 11 ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-four years of soldiering and sport'' by Brig. Gen. Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023004264#page/n61/mode/2up Afghanistan service] page 57 '' My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China'' by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org The author’s father was commander of the Mooltan Division
*[https://archive.org/stream/vestigia00repiuoft#page/50/mode/2up "The Khaibar Pass"] Chapter V page 51 ''Vestigia'' by Lieut.-Colonel Charles à Court Repington 1919. Archive.org. The author was an officer with the 4th Battalion [[Rifle Brigade]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1841 and had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the 2nd Afghan War he became special military correspondent for the war for ''The Times''
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog#page/n395/mode/1up "Excerpta from Notes on the Transport by Rail of Troops, Horses, Guns and War Material for the Army in Afghanistan during 1878-79"] from ''Professional papers on Indian engineering Second Series Volume 8 1879'' (archive.org)<br />
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II '' by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00watsgoog#page/n61/mode/1up 2nd Afghan War] archive.org<br />
*''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1880 Part 3'' Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n90/mode/1up "Our Blunders in Afghanistan"] by M Laing Meason page 79
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bulletinsandoth17unkngoog#page/n67/mode/2up "Operations 10 September 1879 until the entry to Kabul on 13 October 1879"] pages 52- 128 ''Bulletins and Other State Intelligence Compiled and Arranged from the Official Documents Published in the London Gazette for the Year 1880: Part 1 January to June'' Originally from the London Gazette 16 January 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bulletinsandoth17unkngoog#page/n571/mode/2up/search/ "Operations at Kabul 8-24 December 1879"], pages 556- 672 ''Bulletins and Other State Intelligence Compiled and Arranged from the Official Documents Published in the London Gazette for the Year 1880: Part 1 January to June'' Originally from the London Gazette 4 May 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwarspeechd00cran#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Afghan War a speech delivered in the House of Lords by the Right Hon. Viscount Cranbrook, (Secretary of State for India), on Monday, December 9th, 1878'']
*''The Eastern question from the Treaty of Paris 1836 to the Treaty of Berlin 1878 and to the Second Afghan War'' by the Duke of Argyll 1879 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/easternquestionf01argyuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/easternquestionf02argyuoft#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/causesafghanwar00commgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Causes of the Afghan War: Being a Selection of The Papers Laid Before Parliament with a Connecting Narrative and Comment''] 1879 Archive.org. Note that some of the initial pages appear to be missing. A complete copy of this book is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278634 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India, but probably the first book file is better overall.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lordlyttonafghan00east#page/n5/mode/2up ''Lord Lytton and the Afghan War''] by Captain W. J. Eastwick Third Edition 1879 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ourafghanpolicyo00bdbdrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Our Afghan policy and the occupation of Candahar''] by D.B. 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifecareerofmajo00deykrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''The life and career of Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, C. S. I., K. C. B., British envoy at Cabul with a brief outline of the Second Afghan War'']. Compiled by Kally Prosono Dey 1881 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Afghanistan: a Short Account of Afghanistan, its History, and our Dealings with it. In Two Volumes. Second Edition with a Map and Additional Volume, bringing the History of the Afghan Question down to 1885''] by Philip F Walker (Barrister-At-Law, late 75th Regt) 1885 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n172/mode/2up Volume 2, same digital file]. [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n166/mode/2up Index to Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n240/mode/2up Index to Volume 2] (numbered separately)
* ''Through the Khyber Pass'' by Rev J. Gregson 1883. Full title: ''Through the Khyber Pass to Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An account of Temperance Work among our soldiers in the Cabul Field Force''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.91465 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
