Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment, 15–23 December 1879, Kabul, Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

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Illustration by Sidney Paget (1860–1908) from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria published circa 1901.

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Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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