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'''This was the only action during [[Wade's Expedition to Kabul]]'''
== Wade's Expeditionary Force ==
== Wade's Expeditionary Force ==
380 Company troops<br>4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies<br>6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops
*380 Company troops
*4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies
*6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1 Google Books - Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ ODNB - Sir Claude Martine Wade]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1 Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] ODNB


[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]

Revision as of 09:18, 10 April 2010

Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 27 July 1839
Location: Ali Masjid, Khyber Pass, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.043972°N 71.250433°E
Result: British occupation
Combatants
British, Afghan levies & Sikhs Afghan army
Commanders
Lt-Col Claude Wade
Shahzadeh Muhammad Timur
Mohammad Akbar Khan
Strength
11,000
Casualties

This was the only action during Wade's Expedition to Kabul

Wade's Expeditionary Force

  • 380 Company troops
  • 4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies
  • 6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops

External Links

Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Heritage History - Afghan Wars
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort
ODNB - Sir Claude Martine Wade