Sujet

Maiwand - Saving the Guns', (1901).

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'Maiwand - Saving the Guns', (1901). The Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan took place on 27 July 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Emir Ayub Khan and Malalai of Maiwand, a woman, defeated a British brigade. Malalai rallied local fighters and fought alongside the Emir, resulting in the Afghan victory. Although the British lost, they managed to capture some of the enemy artillery. After 'Maiwand 1880: Saving the Guns', painting made in 1882, in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. III. - To The End of Lord Roberts's Indian Career", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F15_237

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,7Mo (1,8Mo) / 46,8cm x 32,5cm / 5532 x 3838 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gens Homme Hommes montagne montagnes vallée Britannique arme armes pistolet pistolets géographie attaque combat guerre retraite Forces Armées siècle Grande-Bretagne UK Royaume-Uni Angleterre soldats soldat concept charge artillerie Armée serrage guerre 19e siècle champ de bataille armements Années 1900 20e siècle Armée Britannique dix-neuvième siècle retraitement histoire historique The Print Collector Richard Caton Woodville II Anonyme Roberts Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts TC and EC Jack Jack Woodville Richard Caton II R Caton Woodville Caton Woodville R Maiwand Kandahar Province Second Anglo-Afghan War TC and EC T. C. & E. C. Jack T. C. & E. C. J Maclaren Cobban Cobban J Maclaren James Maclaren J. Maclaren Cobban J. Maclaren James Maclaren Cobban Frederick Sleigh Richard Caton Woodville Jr. Woodville Richard Caton Richard Caton Woodville Richard Caton Woodville Jr