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Major-General William Elphinstone
A portrait of Major-General William Elphinstone (1782-1842) who commanded the army of the British East India Company in its infamous retreat from Kabul in January 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Portrait Gallery...

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British Attack on Ghazni
An illustration showing the British East India Company's successful attack on the Afghan fortress of Ghazni in July 1839. The attack was during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Army Museum, London)

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Afghan Soldier with Jezail
An illustration by Lieutenant James Rattray of a 19th-century Afghan soldier carrying a jezail musket. (British Library, London)

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Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Portrait of Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737-1815), commander of Austrian forces during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). Painting by William Essex, 1848, based on an earlier work by Ferdinand Jagemann. Essex's painting...

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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
French General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), marshal of the Empire under the reign of Napoleon I. Oil on canvas portrait initiated by Julie Volpelière but finished by Horace Vernet in 1834.
Palace of Versailles.

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Lazare Carnot at the Battle of Wattignies
French minister of war Lazare Carnot leads a victorious French Republican army during the Battle of Wattignies (15-16 October 1793), a significant engagement in the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Although Carnot played a vital role...

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Battle of Wattignies, 15-16 October 1793
Battle of Wattignies, 15-16 October 1793 during the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). The battle was fought between an army of the First French Republic led by General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and a Coalition army led by Prince Josias...

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Baldwin IV of Jerusalem at the Battle of Montgisard
King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem toppling an enemy at the Battle of Montgisard, illustration from MS 45 f. 198r. Estoire d'Eracles (Bk XXI, 27), late 13th century.
Bibliothèque municipale, Épinal.

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Monument of the Battle of Chillianwalla
The monument to the Battle of Chillianwalla (now in Pakistan) fought on 13 January 1849 between the British East India Company and the Sikh Empire during the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9). The battle was a draw with heavy casualties on both sides...

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Sher Singh Attariwalla
A portrait of Sher Singh Attariwalla, general of the Sikh Empire during the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9) with the British East India Company.