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*''Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9'' by Richard Hartley Kennedy M.D. Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus. 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=BmVEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=UWVEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lcwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Expedition Into Affghanistan: Notes and Sketches Descriptive of the Country, Contained in a Personal Narrative During the Campaign of 1839 & 1840, Up to the Surrender of Dost Mahomed Khan''] by James Atkinson, Superintending Surgeon of the Army of the Indus, Bengal Establishment 1842 Google Books.
:Note: The Sketches were published as a separate book [httphttps://digitalgallerydigitalcollections.nypl.org/nypldigitalsearch/dgkeysearchresult.cfmindex?parent_idutf8=341402 ✓&keywords=Sketches+in+Afghaunistan%2C# ''Sketches in Afghaunistan''], 1842 consisting of 26 lithographs. NYPL Digital GalleryCollections. The British Library Online Gallery also contains many works including a watercolour of plate 7 [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002395u00000000.html "The opening into the narrow Pass above the Siri Bolan"] ( Search for other images)
*''The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus'' by Captain Ogle HM [[4th (Queen's Own) Hussars|4th Lt Drags]] published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal (Google Books). The author died of cholera 29 November 1839, towards the end of the campaign.<br>
::[http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Chapter 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149 Chapter 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Chapter 3] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 Chapter 4], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 Chapter 5], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA161 Chapter 6], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Chapter 7]
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofdisaste00sale ''A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan 1841-2''] by Lady Sale 1843 Archive.org with [https://archive.org/stream/journalofdisaste00sale#page/n477/mode/1up Plan of the Cantonments and Surrounding Country] , following page 453. This map appears to be an enlarged view of section of the map above by Lieut. Vincent Eyre. [https://archive.org/stream/journalofdisaste00sale#page/n13/mode/2up Vocabulary]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ex0LAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad''] by George Robert Gleig 1846 Google Books<br>
*[http://www.gutenberggoogle.orgcom/files/12863/12863-h/12863-h.htm books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Campaign of the Indus in a series of letters by an officer in the Bombay Division''] (Gutenberg1840 Google Books.org) Also available [httphttps://www.googlegutenberg.comorg/ebooks/books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books edition12863 Gutenberg.org] 1840. The author, T.W.E. Holdsworth, was an officer in the [[2nd Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA221 Part 1: Affghanistan, 1839—Gwalior, 1843-44] from "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 221 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol I''] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org)
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1993-afghan-wars-1839-1992-what-britain-gave-up-and-the-soviet-union-lost-by-oballance-s-pdf/ ''Afghan Wars 1839-1992– what Britain gave up and the Soviet Union lost''] by Edgar O'Ballance 1993. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/ Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3655/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/returnofakingthebattle ''Return of A King: The Battle for Afghanistan''] by William Dalrymple [2013] Archive.org.
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/clevelysahibtale00haye ''Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass''] by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org
*:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
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[[Category:1st Afghan War| 1st Afghan War]]
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