Légende

Sapper and Miners Bastion, Sherpur, Kabul, Afghanistan, c1879. Men of the Sapper and Miners unit in the compound, sitting against the wall while a number of soldiers stand guard. Sherpur was a protective compound situated to the north of the city of Kabul. The siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. British forces were besieged by Afghan troops, then repulsed an assault.

Date

1879

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_281

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,2Mo) / 41,4cm x 30,2cm / 4888 x 3572 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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