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On 30 March 1880 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Stewart,_1st_Baronet General Stewart] left the Bombay division of his force as a garrison under Maj-Gen Primrose and marched to [[Kabul]] fighting battles at [[Battle of Ahmad Khel|Ahmed Khel]] and [[Battle of Urzoo|Urzu]] on the way. Part of the field force went with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts General Roberts] on his march to relieve [[Kandahar]] while he led the remainder back to India via the [[Khyber Pass]]. | On 30 March 1880 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Stewart,_1st_Baronet General Stewart] left the Bombay division of his force as a garrison under Maj-Gen Primrose and marched to [[Kabul]] fighting battles at [[Battle of Ahmad Khel|Ahmed Khel]] and [[Battle of Urzoo|Urzu]] on the way. Part of the field force went with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts General Roberts] on his march to relieve [[Kandahar]] while he led the remainder back to India via the [[Khyber Pass]]. | ||
== Field Force == | |||
'''Artillery''' | |||
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]] | |||
*[[Royal Artillery]]<br> | |||
'''Cavalry''' | |||
*[[19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse)]] | |||
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)]] | |||
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry (22nd Cavalry)]]<br> | |||
'''Infantry''' | |||
*HM [[59th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
*[[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 2nd/60th Rifles]] | |||
*[[15th Bengal Native Infantry]] (Ludhiana Sikhs) | |||
*[[19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis)]] | |||
*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis)]] | |||
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] | |||
*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]] | |||
[[Category:2nd Afghan War]] | |||
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[[Category:2nd Afghan War| General Stewart's March to Kabul]] | |||
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