Photograph of General Appleyard and his staff at the Khyber Pass. General Appleyard is seated on a steep hillside to the left. A soldier wearing a turban and holding a gun is standing behind him and two soldiers wearing western military uniform are standing on the hillside beside him to the right. A fort can be seen in the valley behind and mountains extend into the distance. The photographer John Burke travelled with the Peshawar Valley Field Force during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), one of a series of conflicts between Britian and Russia over control of Afghanistan. His images from the war capture landscapes, key strategic sites and soldiers involved in the conflict.