2-636-648 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Crushed by Rolling Stones, Mown Down by Volleys of Musket-Shot The Men Fell In Hundreds', 1908, (c1920). The First Afghan War 1839-1842, ended with an Afghan victory and a decimated British Army. On the long treat from Kabul, many exhausted soldiers perished, crushed by rolling stones and musket-shot fired by Afghan hill tribes hidden in the hills and valleys. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]