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* ''Nott's Brigade in Afghanistan, 1838-42, being the private diary of an officer who served in it from first to last'' by John Samuel Knox, published 1880 in Bombay. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179700 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''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. With illustrations. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000001ADAE British Library Digital version] with rotatable pages. 2005 reprint edition titled [https://archive.org/details/campaigninafghan0000gree/page/n3/mode/2up ''The campaign in Afghanistan''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 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.
