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2011-11-27 Britain

British Forces Return From Afghanistan Via The Privolzhskaya Railroad

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-27 10:43|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "Army, Navy and RAF chiefs have been visiting former Soviet states bordering Afghanistan to draw up a masterplan for what has been dubbed the new Dunkirk."

**Gulp** Looks like Ogabe's policy's working to design. I'm more worried that he's got the "new Gandamak" as a backup plan...

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2011-11-27 16:37|| 2011-11-27 16:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Good citation.
A few highlights from that article: The remnants dragged on and made a last stand near the village of Gandamack on 13 January. The force was down to fewer than forty men and almost out of food and ammunition. They were surrounded on a hillock and when a surrender was offered by the Afghans, one British sergeant gave the famous answer "Not bloody likely!" All were killed except Captain James Souter, Sergeant Fair and seven soldiers who were taken prisoner.[7]
Only one British officer from the army managed to reach Jalalabad...It is said that he was asked upon arrival what happened to the army, and answered "I am the army."...The annihilation of about 16,500 people left Britain and India in shock ... In the Autumn of 1842 an "Army of Retribution" led by Sir George Pollock, with William Nott and Robert Sale commanding divisions, levelled Kabul...
The British, after they took their revenge on Kabul, had resolved to abandon any attempts to intervene in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. After Shuja Shah was assassinated in April 1842, Dost Mohammed quickly reestablished his authority. He died on 9 June 1863 of natural causes, one of the few Afghan rulers in the past thousand years to do so.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-27 18:05|| 2011-11-27 18:05|| Front Page Top

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