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{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan | |partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]] | ||
|date=27 July 1839 | |date=27 July 1839 | ||
|location=[[Ali Masjid]], Khyber Pass, NWF | |location=[[Ali Masjid]], Khyber Pass, NWF | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34. | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.028338,71.262046&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.028338°N 71.262046°E] | ||
|result=British occupation | |result=British occupation | ||
|territory= | |territory= | ||
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|combatant2=Afghan army | |combatant2=Afghan army | ||
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Martin_Wade Lt-Col Claude Wade]<br>Shahzadeh Muhammad Timur | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Martin_Wade Lt-Col Claude Wade]<br>Shahzadeh Muhammad Timur | ||
|commander2=[ | |commander2=[[Mohammad Akbar|Mohammad Akbar Khan]] | ||
|strength1=11,000 | |strength1=11,000 | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= | ||
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|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Image:Ali Musjid Fort.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Ali Musjid Fort]] | |||
'''This was the only action during [[Wade's Expedition to Kabul]]''' | |||
== Wade's Expeditionary Force == | == Wade's Expeditionary Force == | ||
380 Company troops | *380 Company troops | ||
*4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies | |||
*6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1 Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] Google Books<br> | |||
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Masjid_fort_-_franek2.jpg View of fort] Wikimedia Commons.<br> | |||
[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | |||