First Afghan War—Captain Bertram Ogle | List of supplies to his Company, 1842

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21.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 227 | First Afghan War—Captain Bertram Ogle | List of supplies to his Company, 1842
List signed and certified by Ogle

of articles supplied to Captain Ogle's company of the 9th Foot, part of General Pollock's force sent to relieve the British captives held at Kabul in 1842, comprising a list of articles supplied to his men (quilts, blue trousers, check shirts etc.), a roll of the eighty-eight surviving men in the company, signed by each, a diagram of the formation taken by the army on entering the pass and autograph notes by Ogle of the posts on their route and elevations reached, 7 March 1842, "At the foot of the Khyber", 5 pages, folio, spotting

Material relating to Pollock's campaign is rare. Ogle's company was, according to his plan of battle, at the head of the force that stormed the Khyber Pass.
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