Oh this was smart. They left their fort and went and camped in the open in the snow...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>All the day was occupied in moving out, and from the first the enemy broke in the cruellest way the promises made by their chiefs that the British should be allowed to retreat in safety. The first day only six miles of march were accomplished. The army and its followers bivouacked in the snow, without fire, shelter, [184] or food. Many soldiers and camp-followers, accustomed to the warmth of an Indian climate, perished of cold. During the night a part of the native troops deserted. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Now WHO would have guessed that the enemy would NOT keep their word?
Anybody?!?
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=english3&story=pass
>>>>>>>>>>>Five months afterwards the British army again entered Cabul. The great Bazaar, in which the heads of Burnes and Macnaughten had been paraded, was burnt, and the two places at which British regiments had been slaughtered were also destroyed. This done, the army returned to India. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Well, that answers the HEAD question.
The article is REMARKABLY quiet on the question of RELIGION.