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== Moseley's Force ==
== Moseley's Force ==
*[[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*64th Bengal Native Infantry
*[[64th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|64th Bengal Native Infantry]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[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://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.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23002776.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23002776&usg=__y67pwhwnQJkqwqIgE8DO8roeHt8=&h=2120&w=2816&sz=1424&hl=en&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZiG_L3iVSWnp4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAli%2BMasjid%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1 View of fort] panoramio.com<br>
[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23002776.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23002776&usg=__y67pwhwnQJkqwqIgE8DO8roeHt8=&h=2120&w=2816&sz=1424&hl=en&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZiG_L3iVSWnp4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAli%2BMasjid%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1 View of fort] panoramio.com<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] ODNB
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA36&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+It+was+not,+however,+permitted+him+to+remain&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842)'' - Attempt on Ali Masjid Fort] by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)<br>


[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Attempt to hold]]
[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Attempt to hold]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Attempt to hold]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Attempt to hold]]

Revision as of 08:29, 26 April 2010

Attempt to hold Ali Masjid Fort
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 15 January 1842
Location: Ali Masjid, Khyber Pass, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.028338°N 71.262046°E
Result: British occupation and retreat
Combatants
British, Indian sepoys & Sikhs Afridi tribesmen
Commanders
Brigadier Wild
Colonel Moseley
Strength
Casualties

Synopsis

Brigadier Wild was in command at Peshawar awaiting the arrival of General Pollock. General Sale was besieged in Jalalabad and it was seen as important to hold the fort of Ali Masjid to protect the line of advance through the Khyber Pass. The fort was occupied by a small detachment of Afghan levies whose loyalty seemed uncertain. Colonel Moseley was therefore sent out with the two sepoy regiments

Moseley's Force

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Afghan Wars Heritage History
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office

View of fort panoramio.com

Historical books on-line

History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842) - Attempt on Ali Masjid Fort by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)