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Surgeon Brydon, the sole survivor of 16,000 British troops, arriving exhausted at Jalalabad in 1842. Photogravure, 1908, after a painting by Lady Butler, 1879.
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Surgeon Brydon, the sole survivor of 16,000 British troops, arriving exhausted at Jalalabad in 1842. Photogravure, 1908, after a painting by Lady Butler, 1879.

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Lettering: The remnants of an army. Dr. Bryden, the sole survivor of 16,000 of the British forces arriving exhausted at the gates of Jellalabad. January 13th 1842. ET ; BCB 1879.

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