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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Lt Gen Frederick Roberts]
|commander1=[[Frederick Roberts|Lieut General Frederick Roberts]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]  
|strength1=11,000 troops<br>32 guns
|strength1=11,000 troops<br>32 guns
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[[Image:BabaWalimap.jpg|thumb|Baba Wali Battle Plan]]
[[Image:BabaWalimap.jpg|thumb|Baba Wali Battle Plan]]


== Field Force from Kabul ==
 
'''Cavalry'''<br>
== The Order of Battle of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force ==
'''Commander in Chief''' ''[[Frederick Roberts|Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC. KCB]]''<br>
'''Cavalry Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough Brigadier General Hugh Gough VC CB]''
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]]
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]]
*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[38th Central India Horse|1st Central India Horse]]
*[[39th Central India Horse|2nd Central India Horse]]
*[[39th Central India Horse|2nd Central India Horse]]
'''Artillery'''
*3 batteries Mountain Artillery
'''Infantry'''
*2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]
*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders]]
*[[100th Regiment of Foot|92nd (Gordon) Highlanders]]
*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas]]
*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]
The Order of Battle of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force:
Commander in Chief: Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC. KCB.
Cavalry Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General Hugh Gough VC CB.
9th Lancers
3rd Bengal Cavalry
23rd Bengal Cavalry
Central India Horse
Artillery Brigade: commanded by Colonel Alured Johnson
3 batteries Mountain Artillery.
Infantry Division: commanded by Major General Sir John Ross KCB
First Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General H. Macpherson VC CB
92nd (Gordon) Highlanders
23rd Bengal Native Infantry (Punjab Pioneers)
24th Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis)
2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas
== Battle Order of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force ==
Commander in Chief: Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC. KCB.
Cavalry Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General Hugh Gough VC CB.
9th Lancers
3rd Bengal Cavalry
23rd Bengal Cavalry
Central India Horse
Artillery Brigade: commanded by Colonel Alured Johnson
3 batteries Mountain Artillery.
Infantry Division: commanded by Major General Sir John Ross KCB
First Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General H. Macpherson VC CB
92nd (Gordon) Highlanders
23rd Bengal Native Infantry (Punjab Pioneers)
24th Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis)
2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas


Second Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General TD Baker CB
'''Artillery Brigade''' commanded by ''Colonel Alured Johnson''<br>
72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders
3 batteries Mountain Artillery
2nd Sikh Infantry
3rd Sikh Infantry
5th Gurkhas


Third Brigade: commanded by Brigadier General CM MacGregor CB
'''Infantry Division''' commanded by ''Maj-Gen Sir John Ross KCB''
2nd Battalion 60th Rifles
*'''First Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017726/ Brig Gen Herbert Macpherson VC]''
15th Bengal Native Infantry (Ludhiana Sikhs)
:*[[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd (Gordon) Highlanders]]
25th Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis)
:*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
4th Gurkhas
:*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas]]


British Regiments:  
*'''Second Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Brig-Gen Thomas Durand Baker CB]''
Regiments from Kabul:
:*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders]]
9th Lancers, from 1966 9th/12th Royal Lancers.*
:*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]]
3rd Bengal Cavalry *
:*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]
23rd Bengal Cavalry *
:*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]
1st Central India Horse *
2nd Central India Horse *
3 batteries Mountain Artillery.
2nd Battalion 60th Rifles, now Royal Green Jackets. *
72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders, later Seaforth Highlanders, now the Highlanders. *
92nd (Gordon) Highlanders, later Gordon Highlanders, now the Highlanders. *
15th Bengal Native Infantry (Ludhiana Sikhs) *
23rd Bengal Native Infantry (Punjab Pioneers) *
24th Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis) *
25th Bengal Native Infantry (Punjabis) *
2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas *
4th Gurkhas *
5th Gurkhas *
2nd Sikh Infantry *
3rd Sikh Infantry *


'''Third Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Brigadier General Charles Metcalfe MacGregor CB]''
:*2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]
:*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]


Poona Horse
'''Kandahar Regiments'''
*E/B Battery [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Queen’s Own (Bombay Cavalry)]]
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Scinde Horse (Bombay Army)]]
*[[7th Regiment of Foot|HM 7th Royal Fusiliers]]
*[[66th Regiment of Foot|HM 66th Foot]]
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Grenadiers (Bombay Army)]]
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|30th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles)]]
*[[29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|29th Balluch Battalion]]


Kandahar Regiments:
E/B Battery Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Queen’s Own (Bombay Cavalry) *
3rd Scinde Horse (Bombay Army) *
HM 7th Royal Fusiliers, now the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. *
HM 66th Foot (remainder of) from 1882 Royal Berkshire Regiment and now the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment. *
1st Grenadiers (Bombay Army) *
4th Bombay Native Infantry *
19th Bombay Native Infantry *
28th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles) *
29th Balluch Battalion *
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm British battles - Battle of Baba Wali]
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 2nd Afghan War 1878-80] The British Empire<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm Battle of Baba Wali] British Battles<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar Battle of Kandahar] Wikipedia


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
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