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Second Afghan War (1878-1880)


 
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John Burke’s masterful documentation of Victorian mountain warfare. These images offer a detailed look at the soldiers, landscapes, and diplomacy of the "Great Game."

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Contents

Introduction
1Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880)
Photographers
2John Burke: Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1879)
3Sir Benjamin Simpson: British occupation of Kandahar album (1880)

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