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[[Category:Battles|Maiwand, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Afghan War]]
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=27 July 1880
|date=27 July 1880
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiwand Meivand Kariz, Afghanistan]
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiwand Meivand Kariz, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.733066,65.138988&z=12&t=h&hl=en 31.733066°N 65.138988°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.733066,65.138988&z=12&t=h&hl=en 31.733066°N 65.138988°E]   
|result=British defeat
|result=Major British defeat
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|commander1=Maj Gen George Burrows
|commander1=[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/database/searchresults.php Maj-Gen George Burrows]
|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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_of_Maiwand Malalai of Maiwand]  
|strength1=
|strength1=2,500 British & Indian troops<br>12 guns
|strength2=
|strength2=3,000 cavalry<br>9,000 infantry<br>36 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties1=21 officers & 948 men killed<br>8 officers & 169 men wounded
|casualties2=
|casualties2=approx 3,000
}}
}}


== Summary ==
[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2007-weekly/nos-25-03-2007/foo.htm Ayub Khan] advanced from Herat with a force of 25,000. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burrows_(Indian_Army_officer) Brigadier-General George Burrows] set out from [[Kandahar]] to oppose him with 2,500 British and Indian troops expecting the support of 6,000 friendly tribesmen. The supposed allies deserted and left Burrows to face the enemy at Maiwand. There followed one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the British army in India.


== That Day by Rudyard Kipling ==
== Victoria Cross ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mullane Sergeant Patrick Mullane] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Collis Gunner James Collis] of the Royal Horse Artillery won the VC and both survived the action.  
(the poem Kipling wrote to commemorate<br> the experience of the 66th Foot at the Battle of Maiwand).


It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope;<br>
== British Forces ==
It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' from the 'alt.<br> 
'''British Army'''
'Ole companies was lookin' for the nearest road to slope;<br> 
*[[66th Regiment of Foot]]
It were just a bloomin' knock-out -- an' our fault!<br> 
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]] E/B Battery (six 9-pounders)


Now there ain't no chorus 'ere to give,<br> 
'''Indian Army'''
Nor there ain't no band to play;<br> 
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)]]
An' I wish I was dead 'fore I done what I did,<br> 
*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] (Jacob's Rifles)
Or seen what I seed that day!<br>
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]] (260 sabres)
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Sind Horse]] (200 sabres)
*[[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] (half company)


We was sick o' bein' punished, an' we let 'em know it, too;<br>
== External Links ==
An' a company-commander up an' 'it us with a sword,<br>
[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/maiwand.htm Battle of Maiwand] britishbattles.com<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php Battle of Maiwand] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878maiwand.htm Battle of Maiwand] British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand Battle of Maiwand] Wikipedia<br>
An' some one shouted "'Ook it!" an' it come to sove-ki-poo,<br>
[http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project] Victorianwars.com. Contains many articles about Maiwand<br>
An' we chucked our rifles from us -- O my Gawd!<br>   
[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/afghan14.htm List of 30th Bombay Native Infantry killed] www.angelfire.com<br>
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/biography/malalai.php Malalai - Afghan Heroine] Garen Ewing<br>
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/khushk-i-nakhud.php Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_south.php Map showing Khushk-i-Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/Poetry/Rudyard_Kipling/kipling_that_day.htm That Day by Rudyard Kipling] www.everypoet.com<br />
Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the Battle of Maiwand


There was thirty dead an' wounded on the ground we wouldn't keep --<br> 
No, there wasn't more than twenty when the front begun to go;<br> 
But, Christ! along the line o' flight they cut us up like sheep,<br> 
An' that was all we gained by doin' so.<br> 


I 'eard the knives be'ind me, but I dursn't face my man,<br> 
== Recommended Reading ==
Nor I don't know where I went to, 'cause I didn't 'alt to see,<br> 
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
Till I 'eard a beggar squealin' out for quarter as 'e ran,<br> 
An' I thought I knew the voice an' -- it was me!<br> 


We was 'idin' under bedsteads more than 'arf a march away;<br> 
We was lyin' up like rabbits all about the countryside;<br> 
An' the major cursed 'is Maker 'cause 'e lived to see that day,<br> 
An' the colonel broke 'is sword acrost, an' cried.<br> 


We was rotten 'fore we started -- we was never disciplined;<br> 
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We made it out a favour if an order was obeyed;<br> 
Yes, every little drummer 'ad 'is rights an' wrongs to mind,<br> 
So we had to pay for teachin' -- an' we paid!<br> 


The papers 'id it 'andsome, but you know the Army knows;<br> 
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We was put to groomin' camels till the regiments withdrew,<br> 
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An' they gave us each a medal for subduin' England's foes,<br>
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An' I 'ope you like my song -- because it's true!<br>
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An' there ain't no chorus 'ere to give,<br>
Nor there ain't no band to play;<br>
But I wish I was dead 'fore I done what I did,<br>
Or seen what I seed that day!<br>


 
[[Category:Battles|Maiwand, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Maiwand, Battle of]]
== External Links ==
[[Category:General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar|Maiwand, Battle of]]
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/index.php Garen Ewing - 2nd Anglo-Afghan War]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878maiwand.htm British Empire - Battle of Maiwand]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand Wikipedia - Battle of Maiwand]<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/khushk-i-nakhud.php Garen Ewing - Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud]<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_south.php Garen Ewing - Map showing Khushk-i-Nakhud]
 
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968

Latest revision as of 15:18, 24 July 2013

Battle of Maiwand
Part of 2nd Afghan War 1878-80
Date: 27 July 1880
Location: Meivand Kariz, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.733066°N 65.138988°E
Result: Major British defeat
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Maj-Gen George Burrows Ayub Khan
Malalai of Maiwand
Strength
2,500 British & Indian troops
12 guns 		3,000 cavalry
9,000 infantry
36 guns
Casualties
21 officers & 948 men killed
8 officers & 169 men wounded 		approx 3,000

Summary

Ayub Khan advanced from Herat with a force of 25,000. Brigadier-General George Burrows set out from Kandahar to oppose him with 2,500 British and Indian troops expecting the support of 6,000 friendly tribesmen. The supposed allies deserted and left Burrows to face the enemy at Maiwand. There followed one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the British army in India.

Victoria Cross

Sergeant Patrick Mullane and Gunner James Collis of the Royal Horse Artillery won the VC and both survived the action.

British Forces

British Army

Indian Army

External Links

2nd Afghan War 1878-80 The British Empire
Battle of Maiwand britishbattles.com
Battle of Maiwand Garen Ewing
Battle of Maiwand British Empire
Battle of Maiwand Wikipedia
The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project Victorianwars.com. Contains many articles about Maiwand
List of 30th Bombay Native Infantry killed www.angelfire.com
Malalai - Afghan Heroine Garen Ewing
Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud Garen Ewing
Map showing Khushk-i-Nakhud Garen Ewing
That Day by Rudyard Kipling www.everypoet.com
Article: "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago" by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the Battle of Maiwand


Recommended Reading

"Road to Kabul" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968


General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar

Actions fought on this march:
Maiwand – Baba Wullee (Kandahar)

Phases:
General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak – General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl – General Stewart's March to Kandahar
General Roberts' March to Kabul – General Stewart's March to Kabul – General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar
Part of the 2nd Afghan War


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