Dr William Brydon of the British East India Company Army was the only survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers to reach safety at Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris
5th June 2020
In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018