After 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. The painting is called Remnants of an Army by Elizabeth Butler

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