<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_British_Residency_in_Kabul" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of the British Residency in Kabul">Siege of the British Residency in Kabul</a>: British envoy Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari">Louis Cavagnari</a> and 72 men of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(India)" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Corps of Guides (India)">Guides</a> are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.