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Brigadier General''' Thomas John Anquetil ''' (1784 – 12 January 1842) was an officer of the [[British Indian Army]] who was the last senior officer to command the ill-fated Army of the Indus force as it retreated from [[Kabul]] in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1842.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Luscombe|first1=Stephen|title=The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/afghanistan1839.htm|website=www.britishempire.co.uk|accessdate=21 January 2022}}</ref> His superiors during the campaign were Generals [[William George Keith Elphinstone|Sir William Elphinstone]] and [[John Shelton (British Army officer)|John Shelton]]. Elphinstone and Shelton were captured and interned by the Afghan rebels, Anquetil on the other hand would die fighting with his force in the mountain passes between Kabul and [[Jalalabad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brigadier General Thomas Anquetil - theislandwiki|url=https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Brigadier_General_Thomas_Anquetil|website=www.theislandwiki.org|accessdate=21 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Retreat from Kabul: A Lesson from History – Prisoners of Eternity|url=http://www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk/the-retreat-from-kabul-a-lesson-from-history/|website=www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk|accessdate=21 January 2022}}</ref>  The British Army and [[East India Company]] would lose 4,500 men (mainly Indian soldiers) and 12,000 civilians (mainly Indian), massacred by Afghan tribesmen loyal to the rebel leader [[Wazir Akbar Khan]]. Anquetil was said to have died ‘fighting hand to hand with the enemy’ near Jugdulluk, close to the Kabul pass.