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| == Summary ==
| | '''For details see article [[General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak]]''' |
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| | [[Category:2nd Afghan War| General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak]] |
| After the refusal of the Afghans to admit a British delegation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Gen Browne] led the first of the invasion forces through the [[Khyber Pass]] to Gandamak fighting the [[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort]] on the way. The presence of overwhelming occupation forces led to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Gandamak Treaty of Gandamak] and Browne withdrew once again to India.
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| == Peshawar Field Force ==
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| 16,000 troops and 48 guns under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Lt Gen Sir Samuel Browne]
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| '''Cavalry Brigade'''<br>
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| ''[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878gough.htm Brig Gen Sir Charles Gough]''
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| *10th Hussars (2 Sqdns)
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| *11th Probyn's Lancers
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| *Guides Cavalry
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| '''Royal Artillery'''<br>
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| ''Colonel W. J. Williams''
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| *One Horse Battery
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| *One Field Battery
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| *Three Heavy Batteries
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| *Three Mountain Batteries
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| '''First Infantry Brigade'''<br>
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| ''Brig Gen H. T. Macpherson''
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| *4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
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| *20th Brownlow's Punjabis
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| *4th Gurkhas
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| '''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br>
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| ''Brig Gen J. A. Tytler VC''
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| *1st Battalion Leicestershire
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| *Guides Infantry
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| *51st Sikhs
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| '''Third Infantry Brigade'''<br>
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| ''Brig Gen F. Appleyard''
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| *81st North Lancashire
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| *14th Sikhs
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| *27th Punjabis
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| '''Fourth Infantry Brigade'''<br>
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| ''Brig Gen W. Browne''
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| *51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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| *6th Jat Light Infantry
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| *45th Sikhs
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| [[Category:2nd Afghan War]] | |