helmund

Updated: August 27, 2026

Ayoub had crossed the Helmund higher up, and was moving in a parallel line to that taken by the British; and the object of the English commander was to take up a position which would at once bar the road to Candahar and would prevent Ayoub striking by a more northern road, by which he would place himself north of the city and on the road to Cabul.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign