Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

Afghanistan and empires.

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Quoted by‘Remnants of an Army,’ by Elizabeth Butler. A painting of William Brydon, British military surgeon, reportedly the only survivor of a 4,500 men army, plus 12,000 accompanying civilians, to reach safety in Jalalabad after the long retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War.