The Afghan War, 1879: The Death of Major Wigram Battye in the Battle of Futtehabad
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The Afghan War, 1879: The Death of Major Wigram Battye in the Battle of Futtehabad
The Afghan War, 1879: The Death of Major Wigram Battye in the Battle of Futtehabad, April 2, (1901). British soldier Major Wigram Battye (1842-1879) of the Punjab Frontier Force was shot in the chest and thigh while charging Kugiani tribesmen at the village of Khuja near Futtehabad (or Fatehabad) in Afghanistan. His orderly later reported; I called to Wigram, " You are wounded; you had better stop." Wigram said " Keep quiet", charged, and killed four men before he was killed. From " The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]
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