POLLOCK, SIR GEORGE

POLLOCK, SIR GEORGE
   field-marshal, born at Westminster, brother of the preceding; distinguished himself in Nepal and the Afghan War, in the latter forced the Kyber Pass, defeated Akbar Khan, and relieved Sir Robert Sale, who was shut up in Jelallabad (1786-1872).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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