Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Jugdulluck (First Afghan War).

At this place the remnant of General Elphinstone's army made their last stand, January 12, 1842, against the Afghans and Ghilzais. Of the few who escaped the massacre at this point, only one, Dr. Brydon, succeeded in reaching Jellalabad.