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cabui Pass. Akbar khan ~ -
promised an escort. constantly -
peafea On the scene Of terror II q
saia mat be tried to proteet n. ~
fortunate band. but with his forc. !,
only few hundred horseuen ~ -
utterly Incapable Of doing "a. 10
ever this may be. It Is probable that
ne u misery and suferings Of the fug3-
ufes gave him more pleasure thar
pam, but his occasional appparanee
served some good purpose. for 4
see1ned to give the English a tempo-
rary hope Of protection.
The straggling remnant OF the army
vas slowly moving southwark when
Aknar Khan appeared and made ths
startling proposition that the women
and children should be handed over 10
MS custody to be conveyed In SAFETY
BY him TO Peshawar. There vas M
alternative but 70 submit and finally
the husbands Of ne married women
were permitted u accompany their
wives. Although this surrender Of
helpless women 70 a dreaded enemy
seemed cruel at first, later events
proved Il 20 be a most fortunate oe-
currence. The women and children
could never have endured the horrors
OF the Journey which yet lay before
the fugitives.
The march was resumed and the
scenes Of carnage and death were re-
newed. Trails Of blood and scores Of
corpses marked the way. Again Alb
kar Kahn presented himself to the
British commander. He feared the
English force At Jellalabad near the
northern entrance 70 Khyber Pass. Il
wiz be remembered that in the early
negotiations at Cabul one condition Of
the surrender was the withdrawal Of
the English from Jellalabad. To In
sure the carrying out Of this agree
ment Akbar Khan now insisted that
Gen. Elphinstoue, ais second in COM
mand, and one other ofacer should sur
render themselves 70 his as hostages.
He promised that II this were done to
exert himself more than ever 70 re-
strain the fanatical tribes and to pro-
vide the retreating body with pro-
visions. Again there was submission
and the English general and his sub
Ordinates became. with the women and
children. captives In the hands Of the
Afghan chisftain.
Massacre % JuEduIlak PusA
without a general the army Of con
fused and detected humanity resumed
the tragic journey. The JugduIluk
Pass lay before It. This gorge, like
the Koord Cabul, was dark, steep and
narrow, but not so long. Hopeful OF
soon passing through II, the fugitives
entered. They were entrapped- The
implacable Afghans had barricaded the
gloomy defle and herein the army Of
Cabui was forced to make its final
stand and herein Il was almost CON-
pletely exterminated. The savage IA
natics fell upon the fugitiYes, who
fought with the desperation Of doomed
men but who at last were shot and
stabbed TO death. The gorge was
piled with heaps OF the slain and the
mountain torrent ran red with blood.
Only q few members Of the retreating
rabble escaped from the slaughter.
While on the road TO Jelalabad. where
Sale and his little garrison were hold
ing their own, the small remnant Of
fugitives was set upon and all but ak
were killed. During the remaining 16
miles OF the journey to the fort, five
OF this number we're killed BY ma
rauderes and one man, DR.. Brydon
alone escaped.
The one Solitary Survivor.
Haggard, faint and reeling on his
horse this one solitary survivor ap-
peared under the walls Of Jelalabad-
He. alone, bore the tidings Of the most
thrilling tragic and disastrous retreat
in the history Of warfare.
Before DR.. Brydon's arrival the gar
rison st Jellalabad had received an in
timation that It was to abandon the
fort and march into India Gen. Sale |
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