2-710-889 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Attack on the Bala Hissar on the Night of 11th December 1879', (1901). British and Punjab cavalry attacked the Afghans in the Chardeh Valley, Afghanistan, at the Battle of Kabul during the Second Afghan War. Here fierce fighting is taking place around the Bala Hissar, the ancient fortress above the city. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. III. - To The End of Lord Roberts's Indian Career", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]