Major-General William Elphinstone

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Mark Cartwright
by William Salter
published on 10 January 2023
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A portrait of Major-General William Elphinstone (1782-1842) who commanded the army of the British East India Company in its infamous retreat from Kabul in January 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

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