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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968 | "''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968 | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | [[Category:General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | [[Category:2nd Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 31 August 2009
| Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878 | ||
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| Part of 2nd Afghan War 1878-80 | ||
| Date: | 21 November 1878 | |
| Location: | Ali Masjid, Khyber Pass, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.043972°N 71.250433°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Afghan army & various tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Gen Sir Sam Browne | Faiz Mahomed | |
| Strength | ||
| 16,000 British & Indian troops 48 guns |
3,700 Afghan troops Unknown number of tribesmen 24 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
| 58 killed | About 500 killed & 500 captured | |
External Links
The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80
Garen Ewing - 2nd Anglo-Afghan War Database
British Battles - The Capture of Ali Masjid Fort
The British Empire - Ali Masjid (Fort) 1878
Recommended Reading
"Road to Kabul" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
| General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak | |
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Actions fought on this march: | |
| Phases: General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak – General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl – General Stewart's March to Kandahar | |
| General Roberts' March to Kabul – General Stewart's March to Kabul – General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar | |
| Part of the 2nd Afghan War | |