File:John Frederick Irwin - Khelat-i-Ghilzai, 1879 - NAM 1016766.jpg
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[edit]John Frederick Irwin: Khelat-i-Ghilzai, 1879
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Lieutenant John Frederick Irwin, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment |
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Khelat-i-Ghilzai, 1879 |
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English: The fort at Khelat-i-Ghilzai, located on a rocky outcrop some 200 feet above the surrounding plain, was occupied by Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Stewart's Kandahar Field Force on 21 January 1879. His force of 4182 officers and men and 5119 camp followers met little resistance. This was in contrast to the British experience during the 1st Afghan War (1839-1842) when a garrison under Captain Craigie of the 43rd Bengal Light Infantry was besieged there by the Ghilzais for six months.
KALAT-I-GHILZAI, a fort in Afghanistan. It is situated on an isolated rocky eminence 5543 ft. above sea-level and 200 ft. above the plain, on the right bank of the river Tarnak, on the road between Kabul and Kandahar, 87 m. from Kandahar and 229 m. from Kabul. It is celebrated for its gallant defence by Captain Craigie and a sepoy garrison against the Afghans in the first Afghan War of 1842. In memory of this feat of arms, the 12th Pioneers still bear the name of “The Kalat-i-Ghilzai Regiment,” and carry a special colour with the motto “Invicta.” Painting from the disbound album by Lieutenant John Frederick Irwin, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment. Military career and life from RMC Sandhurst 1866 to the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).
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| Depicted place | Qalati Ghilji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | watercolor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NAM. 1997-11-107-26 |
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| Credit line | National Army Museum, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1997-11-107-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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