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I have found this duplicate article. If there are no objections, I will redirect the above article here. -- Lost (talk) 11:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Was William Brydon really the only European survivor (see http://emilychesley.com/flan_bio/mikelife11b.htm and http://www.theestimate.com/public/100501_dossier.html)? I think it would be more accurate to say that he was the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, etc. However, I don't know anything about Afghan history (or British history in Afghanistan) so I'm not sure what the real story is. ThreeBlindMice 20:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
He was not the only European to survive the retreat (more than 50 others were captured and near all survived to be subsequently released including Sir Robert Sale's wife, Florentia) nor the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, by Brydon's own account a "greek merchant" Mr Baness made it to Jalalabad too arriving two days after Brydon but lived for only one day. Please respond if you know believe differently, else I will jump in and amend. StuartofAlbion ( talk) 01:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
It appears that Ayman al-Zawahiri has a keen interest in history [1]...
The make up of the retreating force as described in this article contradicts that given in First Anglo-Afghan War.
The article is also internally inconsistent.-- Boreas 11:48, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
I've edited article to bring it in line with First Anglo-Afghan War and removed tags. -- Boreas 13:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
The article is supposed to be about Brydon, but there is more about the retreat and massacre than actually about him. When did he join the army, what regiment, how long had he been in Afganistan? Most important: how was it he escaped? The article describes a 'last stand' but only by inference is Brydon present. If he was the "sixth officer" it should be stated explicitly (for example " Brydon with five other officers escaped on horseback, but the others were all killed on the road" . What regiment was he in at Lucknow? When did he retire from the army? What is the "sr" in "It was Dr Brydon sr."? Baska436 ( talk) 04:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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William Brydon was the only European of 16,500 British troops to survive the retreat to
Jalalabad from
Kabul during the
First Anglo-Afghan War? | ||||||||||
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I have found this duplicate article. If there are no objections, I will redirect the above article here. -- Lost (talk) 11:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Was William Brydon really the only European survivor (see http://emilychesley.com/flan_bio/mikelife11b.htm and http://www.theestimate.com/public/100501_dossier.html)? I think it would be more accurate to say that he was the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, etc. However, I don't know anything about Afghan history (or British history in Afghanistan) so I'm not sure what the real story is. ThreeBlindMice 20:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
He was not the only European to survive the retreat (more than 50 others were captured and near all survived to be subsequently released including Sir Robert Sale's wife, Florentia) nor the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, by Brydon's own account a "greek merchant" Mr Baness made it to Jalalabad too arriving two days after Brydon but lived for only one day. Please respond if you know believe differently, else I will jump in and amend. StuartofAlbion ( talk) 01:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
It appears that Ayman al-Zawahiri has a keen interest in history [1]...
The make up of the retreating force as described in this article contradicts that given in First Anglo-Afghan War.
The article is also internally inconsistent.-- Boreas 11:48, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
I've edited article to bring it in line with First Anglo-Afghan War and removed tags. -- Boreas 13:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
The article is supposed to be about Brydon, but there is more about the retreat and massacre than actually about him. When did he join the army, what regiment, how long had he been in Afganistan? Most important: how was it he escaped? The article describes a 'last stand' but only by inference is Brydon present. If he was the "sixth officer" it should be stated explicitly (for example " Brydon with five other officers escaped on horseback, but the others were all killed on the road" . What regiment was he in at Lucknow? When did he retire from the army? What is the "sr" in "It was Dr Brydon sr."? Baska436 ( talk) 04:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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