ID 1028536
Lot 227 | First Afghan War—Captain Bertram Ogle | List of supplies to his Company, 1842
Valeur estimée
£ 2 000 – 3 000
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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