Hensman rode with General Roberts’s force as a newspaper correspondent through the Second Afghan War. His despatches cover the capture of Kabul, the siege of Sherpur, the battle of Ahmed Khel, the famous march to Kandahar and the defeat of Ayub Khan, along with the tangled politics of tribal leaders and the settlement with Abdur Rahman.
A detailed first-hand account of a hard imperial war, written from the British side. Download the free EPUB.