3-052-454 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Bird's-eye view of defences of the Sherpore cantonment, [Kabul], showing positions of the troops in garrison, 1880. From a drawing by Lt. Neville Chamberlain. 'The enemy made their attack on the opposite side, which is the line of rampart that extends to the right hand; from the near corner, shown to the front, where the position of a wing of the 72nd Highlanders is marked; at the gate of the 2nd Brigade, and thence to where the Artillery were posted...besides the position held by a detachment of the 28th Punjaub Native Infantry, near the village of Behmaroo. These were the positions actually assailed on Dec. 23, the enemy moving round the south-east corner, outside the position of the 67th regiment, and finding shelter among the trees and in the small forts standing thereabout. In order to cut them out, General Roberts finally directed some cavalry and horse artillery to pass northward from the cantonments, through the narrow gorge that appears between the two Behmaroo hills, where the two companies of the 92nd are guarding the passage, supported by 12th Bengal Cavalry and 23rd Punjaub Pioneers. These stopped the further movement of the enemy round the north and east sides of the place, and presently drove them from the village of Behmaroo'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.