Afghan Expedition - Notes and Sketches from the First British Afghan War of 1839-1840
James Atkinson
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Afghan Expedition - Notes and Sketches from the First British Afghan War of 1839-1840

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James Atkinson travelled to Afghanistan in 1838. A superb artist and famous scholar who had translated Persiäs national epic, this renaissance man had been designated the Superintending Surgeon of a massive British invasion force resolved to place a sympathetic ruler on the Afghan throne. The ill-fated British force fought its way through the Bolan Pass, swept through Kandahar and conquered Kabul. Soon afterwards Atkinson was released from duty, thereby escaping the catastrophe which awaited his comrades. During the subsequent rebellion the British political agent was beheaded and an estimate...