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RE Plan No. 21 A — Cabul Defences No. 21 A Sherpur Cantonment

Five sections through the military fortifications at the eastern side of Sherpur Cantonment (positions are given in Plan No. 21), erected by the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieut.-Col. Æ. Perkins.
[Plan, recto:] Cabul Defences No. 21 A / Sherpur Cantonment. / Sections on Plan No. 21 // Constructed chiefly by Lieut. Onslow, R.E., / partly by Lieut. Burn-Murdoch, R.E. / Drawn by Lieut. Onslow, R.E. // (Sd). Æ. Perkins, Lieut.-Col., R.E., & Colonel / Commanding R.E., 1st & 2nd Divisions, / Northern Afghanistan Field Force. / Litho. T.C. Press, Roorkee. / No. 1419-10.
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Image No.
RE Plan No. 21 A
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
Format
Original drawing: 340/430 mm
Quality
Original drawing: good
Place, date
Kabul, 1880
Descriptors
  • 0101. Kabul City
  • 1.53 City Maps
  • 2.126 Kabul and SE-Afghanistan
  • 4.364 Second A.-A. War (1878-1880)
  • 4.83 Military Installations, Buildings
  • Latitude / Longitude34.542904 / 69.199135
    Google Earth34°32'33" N / 69°12'04" E / 1800 m
    Survey of India MapSheet 38 (1917), Kabul: Sherpur, 2B 26

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