Sujet

The Daring Attack on the Spingawi Khotal, December 2, 1878', (1901).

Légende

'The Daring Attack on the Spingawi Khotal, December 2, 1878', (1901). The 5th Gurkhas storming the Spingawi. At the Battle of Peiwar Kotal during the Second Afghan War, British forces under General Frederick Roberts seized the strategic Peiwar Kotal Pass between Afghanistan and India, (now Pakistan). After 'The Attack on the Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan, by 5th Gurkha Rifles, December 1878', painting made in 1891, in the National Army Museum, London. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. II. - To The Abdication of Yakub Khan", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F14_319

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 32,6cm x 47,1cm / 3845 x 5562 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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