Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). Artist: Unknown

Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). Artist: Unknown

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Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of 16,500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). William Brydon, only survivor of the 4,500 British soldiers and 12,000 camp-followers who left Cabul (Kabul) in Afghanistan on 6 January 1842, arrived at Jelalabad with news of the disaster on 13 January.

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