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Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army

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An army == Summary ==The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under Sir John Keane left by sea at the end of November and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br> The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under Sir Willoughby Cotton set out from [[Ferozpore]] in the Punjab in December 1838. They It reached [[Quetta in ]] at the end of March and 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached [[Kandahar ]] which was taken without a battle in .<br>The Bombay Army reached [[Quetta]] on 20 Apriland joined the Bengal Army at [[Kandahar]] on 14 May. <br>The combined force took [[Ghazni was taken ]] in July and . In August [[Kabul ]] was reached in Augustand Shah Shuja put on the throne.
== Itinerary =='''Bombay Force'''<br> 1839*21 November Left Bombay*27 November Indus*24 December Left Hujamry*24 December Julalkote*25 December Sumarakote*26 December Kurreempore*27 December Thatta<br>1839*23 January Left Thatta*24 January Sadan*25 January Jerruck*3 February Left Jerruck*4 February Kotri*10 February Left Kotri*Sun*15 February Aumry*16 February Lukky*17 February Sehwan*4 March Latkhanu*12 March Left Larkhanu*23 March Gundava*31 March Gajin*1 April Soony*5 April Dadur*Bolan pass*20 April Quetta*21 April Kooslak*Pishin*1 May Juktapole*14 May Kandahar '''Bengal Army'''<br> 1838 *10 December Left Ferozpore1839<br>*27 January Reached Indus*10 February Left Rohri*16-20 February Shikarpur*23 February Left Shikarpur*24 February Janeedera*14 March Dadur*16 March Bolan Pass*Sir-I-Aub*26 March Quetta*6 April Keane joins army*Kooslak*Kojak Pass*30 April Kandahar == Sir John Keane's Combined Army ==
'''British'''<br>
*[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars

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