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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. | ||
==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul_Field_Force Kabul Field Force] == | ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul_Field_Force Kabul Field Force] == | ||