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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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Following the murder of the resident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari|Pierre Cavagnari] on 30 September 1879, [ | Following the murder of the resident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari|Pierre Cavagnari] on 30 September 1879, [[Frederick Roberts|General Roberts]] advanced from Ali Kheyl to [[Kabul]] winning the [[Battle of Charasia]] on the way. The Amir Yakub Khan abdicated and the country descended into various tribal allegiances. A relief column under General Gough fought the [[Battle of Jagdalak]] before reaching Kabul. Following the action at the [[Battle of Asmai Heights]] and the [[Siege of Sherpur Cantonment]], Roberts defeated the Afghans at the [[Battle of Kabul]]. The following year Abdul Rahman was made Amir and it seemed as though the British could withdraw with some vestige of honour. | ||
==Kabul Field Force == | ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul_Field_Force Kabul Field Force] == | ||
'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | '''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''[http://www.thepeerage.com/p24854.htm Brig Gen William Godfrey Dunham | ''[http://www.thepeerage.com/p24854.htm Brig Gen William Godfrey Dunham Massy]'' commanding<br> | ||
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] | ''Lieut J P Brabazon, 10th Hussars, Brigade Major'' | ||
*[[12th Bengal Cavalry|12th Cavalry]] | *[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] under Lt-Col R S Cleland | ||
*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Lancers|14th Lancers]] | *[[12th Bengal Cavalry|12th Cavalry]] under Maj Green | ||
*[[ | *[[14th Regiment of Bengal Lancers|14th Lancers]] under Lt-Col Ross | ||
*[[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Cavalry]] under Maj B Williams | |||
''' | '''Artillery'''<br> | ||
'' | ''Lt-Col B. L. Gordon'' commanding<br> | ||
* | ''Capt J W Inge, Adjutant'' | ||
*Two | *F Batt A Brigade [[Royal Horse Artillery]] under Maj J C Smyth-Windham | ||
*G Batt 3rd Brigade [[Royal Artillery]] under Maj Sydney Parry | |||
*[[Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 Mountain Battery]] 4 guns under Capt Morgan | |||
*[[Derajat Mountain Battery|No 2 Mountain Battery]] 4 guns under Capt Swinley | |||
*Two Gatling guns under Capt Broadfoot | |||
'''Engineers'''<br> | |||
''Lt-Col A Perkins CB'' commanding<br> | |||
''Lieut F Spratt, Adjutant''<br /> | |||
Capt Woodthorpe RE in charge of surveying<br /> | |||
Capt Stratton, 22nd Regiment, in charge of signalling<br /> | |||
Lieut F Burn-Murdoch RE, Royal Engineer Park | |||
'''First Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''First Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017726/ Brig Gen Herbert Macpherson VC]''<br> | ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017726/ Brig Gen Herbert Macpherson VC]'' commanding<br> | ||
*[[67th Regiment of Foot|67th Hampshires]] | ''Capt G de C Morton, 6th Foot, Brigade Major'' | ||
*[[ | *[[67th Regiment of Foot|67th Hampshires]] under Lt-Col C B Knowles | ||
*[[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Punjabis]] | *[[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd Gordon Highlanders]] under Lt-Col G H Parker | ||
*[[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Punjabis]] under Lt-Col J Hudson | |||
'''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Brig Gen Thomas Durand Baker]''<br> | ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Brig Gen Thomas Durand Baker]''<br> | ||
*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd Seaforth Highlanders]] | ''Capt W C Farwell, 26th Punjab Infantry, Brigade Major'' | ||
*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] | *[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd Seaforth Highlanders]] under Lt-Col Brownlow | ||
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]] | *[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] under Lt-Col G N Money | ||
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]] under LT-Col Currie | |||
*[[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th Bengal Native Infantry]] (wing) | *[[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th Bengal Native Infantry]] (wing) | ||
*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]] | *[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]] under Lt-Col J Macqueen | ||
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]] | *[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]] under Lt-Col Fitz-Hugh | ||
'''Third Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''Third Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
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*[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] (Punjabis) | *[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] (Punjabis) | ||
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