Summary
AN ARMY doctor reached the safety of a British sentry post, revealing that he was the sole survivor of a 16,000-strong force that was murdered in Afghanistan.
He told of the horrific massacre in the Khyber Pass, in which the Afghans showed the defeated Anglo-Indian force no mercy.See the full content of this document
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On This Day ... In 1842
The force was made up from 4,500 s...
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