Project Gutenberg 2015-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 218 Sale, Florentia Wynch 1790 1853 Sale, Florentia Wynch, Lady A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 Produced by MWS, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2" by Lady Sale is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The narrative provides a first-hand analysis of the disastrous British campaign in Afghanistan, chronicling the events leading up to and including the military debacle that occurred during this period. It serves as both a diary and a commentary, reflecting on the political and military decisions made by the British, the sociocultural complexities of the Afghan landscape, and the profound impact of these events on its participants. At the start of the journal, Lady Sale outlines her role as a chronicler during a tumultuous time, noting her efforts to keep a detailed account of the daily happenings as the situation in Afghanistan rapidly deteriorated. Initially, she recounts military movements and strategic discussions among British officers while highlighting their mounting challenges, including clashes with local forces and internal dissent. The opening portion emphasizes both the chaos of the military campaign and the personal struggles faced by its characters, setting a tone of dread and foreshadowing the eventual catastrophic retreat from Cabul that would later define this episode in British military history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Afghan Wars Afghanistan Afghan Wars -- Personal narratives, British Sale, Florentia Wynch, 1790-1853 -- Diaries Sale, Florentia Wynch, 1790-1853 -- Travel -- Afghanistan DS Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 700473 2025-09-20T07:01:09.852088 text/html 688559 2024-10-22T23:16:24 text/html 672513 2025-09-20T07:01:18.758038 application/epub+zip 679709 2025-09-20T07:01:11.397083 application/epub+zip 322439 2025-09-20T07:01:10.623032 application/epub+zip 869184 2025-09-20T07:01:24.077979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 817177 2025-09-20T07:01:17.840028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461503 2022-09-22T17:06:03.627114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630300 2025-09-20T07:01:08.613066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 610369 2024-10-22T23:16:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18190 2025-09-20T07:01:24.220988 application/rdf+xml 7622 2025-09-20T07:01:10.726040 image/jpeg 1897 2025-09-20T07:01:10.675041 image/jpeg 618918 2025-09-20T07:01:09.915063 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia