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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9MVFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Outline of the Operations of the British Troops in Scinde and Afghanistan: Betwixt Nov. 1838 and Nov. 1841; with Remarks on the Policy of the War''] by George Buist, Editor of the ''Bombay Times'' 1843 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_R8LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''History of the War in Affghanistan: From Its Commencement to Its Close''] edited by Charles Nash 1843 Google Books
*''History of the Afghans'' by J.P.Ferrier 1858 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZUkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327&dq=Akbar+Khan&hl=en&ei=6byQTZ_hJ4KLhQfi4-i7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Chapter XXIII et seq 1st Anglo-Afghan War]Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/firstafghanwar00morr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War''] by Mowbray Morris 1878 Archive.org. The Preface states "The following pages pretend to give nothing more than a short summary of events already recorded by recognised authorities". 105 pages
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/firstafghanwara00duragoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War and its Causes''] Sir Henry Durand 1879 (archive.org)
*''Life of the Amîr Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul Volume 2'' by Mohan Lal 1846 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0dUWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Events relating to the 1st Afghan War] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=10EoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133''Recollections of Four Years Service in the East with H M Fortieth Regiment'']- Afghanistan from 1841, page 133 by John Martin Bladen Neill (1845) Google Books. The title of the book includes the wording "The Operations of the Candahar Division of "The Avenging Army Of Affghanistan" in 1841 and 1842"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CucwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Military service and adventures in the Far East: including sketches of the campaigns against the Afghans in 1839 and the Sikhs in 1845-6, Volume 1''] by Capt. Daniel Henry Mackinnon, late of the [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th Lancers]], 2nd edition 1849. Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/30/mode/2up ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers''] by WJD Gould (1880). Chapter 2, covering the Afghan Campaign (Archive.org) ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zJ-P21_amTEC&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2'']) Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/chareekarservice00haug#page/n3/mode/2up ''Char-ee-kar and service there with the 4th Goorkha Regiment (Shah Shooja's force) in 1841: an episode of the first Afghan War''] by Colonel Haughton 1879 Archive.org
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92907/page/n3/mode/2up ''Narrative of the Late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock; with recollections of Seven Years Service in India''] by Lieutenant Greenwood, H M 31st Regiment 1844. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. The regiment was mobilised in January 1842.
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirofmajorgen00rawlrich#page/70/mode/2up ''Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson''] Chapter VI " Life During the Great Affghan War 1839-1842", published 1898. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/signalcatastroph00patr/mode/2up ''Kabul Catastrophe : the story of the disastrous retreat from Kabul 1842''] by Patrick Macrory 1986 edition, first published 1966 as ''Signal Catastrophe''. Later reprinted, with new Foreword and Preface, as [https://archive.org/details/retreatfromkabul00patr/page/n1/mode/2up ''Retreat from Kabul : the incredible story of how a savage Afghan force massacred the world's most powerful army''] by Patrick Macrory 2002. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/beyondkhyberpass0000wall ''Beyond the Khyber Pass : the road to British disaster in the First Afghan War''] by John H. Waller 1990. Archive.org Lending Library. Also available as a pdf download, [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1990-beyond-the-khyber-pass-by-john-waller-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3630 Archive.org mirror version].
*[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].
