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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=23 December 1879
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan]
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts [Frederick Roberts|Lt Gen General Sir Frederick Roberts]]
|commander2= Mohammed Jan
|strength1= See list of forces7,000 British and Indians|strength2=50,000tribesmen
|casualties1=33
|casualties2=3,000
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]The British Empire<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/index.php 2nd Anglo-Afghan War]Garen Ewing website<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/marchtokandahar/regiments_march.php Regiments in the 2nd Afghan War]Garen Ewing website<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kabul-1879.htm The Battle of Kabul 1879] BritishBattles.com <br>[https://kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/kabul- under-attack/ Kabul Under Attack] Handwritten letter from Gen. Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard, with detailed account of the capture of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1880. King’s College London Collections: The Battle Serving Soldier. == Historical Books Online == * [http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionska00dukegoog#page/n13/mode/1up ''Recollections of the Kabul Campaign 1879& 1880'' by Joshua Duke(1888)]Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service)
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Kabul, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Kabul, Battle of]]
