Word: brydon
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...troops were always withdrawn and invariably with heavy losses. True the Afghan casualties were likewise heavy, but Britons have not forgotten that during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42) a British force numbering 4,500 was obliged to "retreat" until only one survivor, Dr. Brydon, reached the Indian frontier as "a half dead man on a half dead horse." Not less notorious than the fierceness and atrocious cruelty of Afghans in battle, is their characteristic instability which gave rise to the Indian proverb: "Trust a Snake before a Harlot, and a Harlot before an Afghan." Naturally assassinations of Afghan...