The last stand of survivors of Her Majesty's 44th Foot at Gandamak during the British army's catastrophic retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad vie the Khord-Kabul Pass. Of the approximately 16000 troops and civilians who left Kabul for Jalalabad, only 1 (Dr William Brydon) made it alive. Painting by William Barnes Wollen

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Keywords: afghanistan, army, british, defence, desperate, gandamak, kabul, khord-kabul, massacre, pass, retreat, soldiers, stand