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This was the third day of the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]. The Khoord -Kabul pass is about 5 miles (8 km) long and overlooked by cliffs 5-600 feet (150-180 metres) high. Attacks began again early in the day but ceased when [[Eldred Pottinger|Major Pottinger]] and Captains Lawrence & Mackenzie were handed over as hostages at the demand of Akbar Khan. The exhausted and frozen crowd of men and animals moved into the pass and the Ghilzai tribesmen once again opened fire. In the confusion 500 regular troops and 2,500 camp followers were killed and another Horse Artillery gun abandoned. Capt Anderson's little daughter Mary and Capt Boyd's youngest boy Hugh were carried off by Afghans. The force reached KhoorKhoord-Kabul where the night was spent night without food and fuel and only four small tents. Many died of exposure overnight.