2-710-895 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'General Roberts and Staff Attacked by ghilzais in the Shutargardan Pass, September 27, 1879', (1901). Scene during the Second Afghan War: British forces under Sir Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts are attacked by Pashtuns as they cross the Shutargardan Pass into central Afghanistan. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. II. - To The Abdication of Yakub Khan", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]