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| Afghan fighters fire their jezails from behind a defensive wall called a sungha (sometimes spelled 'sangar'). This type of temporary protection has been used by the British army ever since, called a sangar. The illustration is by William Simpson who was with the Peshawar Field Force and made many sketches during the campaign of 1878-9 which formed the basis of engravings published in the Illustrated London News. |
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