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*Capt Thomas Souter, HM 44th Regt
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On 12 January after the massacre on the retreat from Jugdulluk Captain Bygrave took to the mountains and was eventually captured. He joined the others at Badiabad on 23 February
On 13 January Major Griffiths and Mr Blewitt were detained when they tried to negotiate a truce. Captain Lieutenant Thomas Souter and several privates were captured after the last stand of the 44th Regiment.
On 14 January Sergeant-Major Lisson, 37th Native Infantry and five other Europeans were captured between Gundamak and Jalalabad. They joined the other hostages at Badiabad Fort on 12 February.
*Major Griffiths, 44th Foot
*Mr Blewitt
*Capt. Lieut Thomas Souter, 44th Foot - wounded at Gandamak 13 Jan
*Sgt. Fair, mess sergeant 44th Foot
*Seven privates, 44th Foot<br>
*Capt Mackenzie, 48th Madras NI
*Capt Poett, 27th Bengal NI
*Capt Waller, Bengal Horse Artillery
*Capt Walsh, 52nd Madras NI
*Lieut Melville, 54th Bengal NI
*Lieut Nicholson, 27th Bengal NI
*Lieut Thomas Souter, HM 44th Regt
*Lieut Warburton, Bengal Artillery
*Lieut Webb, 38th Bengal NI
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_Army#Afghan_uprising Afghan Uprising] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak] BritishBattles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA244&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+Shortly+after+Pottinger,+Mackenzie,+and+Lawrence+arrived&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Lady Sale's Account] Google Books<br>*[http://prints.national-army-museum.ac.uk/search.php?keywords=Portraits+of+the+Kabul+Prisoners&page=1&numperpage=9 Eyre's portraits of the hostages] national-army-museum.ac.uk<br>National Army Museum*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warburton Robert Warburton on son's web page] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_St_Patrick_Lawrence George Lawrence] Wikipedia
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n312/mode/2up ''The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42 - Captivity of the Hostages''] by Maj-Gen Sir Vincent Eyre 1879 (archive.org)<br>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ajournaldisaste01dickgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan 1841-2''] by Lady Florentia Sale 1843 (archive.org)<br>*[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+A+few+days+after+this+remarkable+state+paper&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Release of the Hostages] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War| Captivity of the Hostages]]
