Note 93 — CABUL. December, 1879.
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The Rev. J. W. Adams, Chaplain to the Force, who had accompanied the troopers, gained the Victoria Cross for rescuing some men of the 9th. Lancers, who had fallen into a deep ditch, he being all the time under a heavy fire, and up to his waist in water. Haying dismounted in order to give more effectual assistance, he made his escape on foot, when the Afghans were within a few yards of him.