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[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=23 July 1839  
|date=23 July 1839  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan]
|location= [[Ghazni]], [[Afghanistan]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E]   
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|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|combatant2=Afghan garrison
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015207/ Lieut Gen Sir John Keane]
|commander1=[[John Keane|Lieut Gen Sir John Keane]]  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dost_Mohammed_Khan Dost Mohammed Khan]  
|commander2=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyder_Khan_of_Ghazni_in_1939-42.jpg Ghulam Hyder Khan]  
|strength1=9,500 Bengal Army<br>5,000 Bombay Army<br>6,000 Shah Shujah's Army
|strength1=9,500 Bengal Army<br>5,000 Bombay Army<br>6,000 Shah Shujah's Army
|strength2=3,500 garrison
|strength2=3,500 garrison
|casualties1=18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded
|casualties1=18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded
|casualties2=500 killed
|casualties2=500 killed<br>1,600 prisoners
}}
}}
== Sir John Keane's Army ==
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''British'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]]'''
4th Hussars, now the Queen’s Royal Hussars<br>
== Synopsis ==
16th Lancers now the Queen’s Royal Lancers<br>
The Combined Army under [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] set out for [[Kabul]] from [[Kandahar]] and reached [[Ghazni]] on 21 July 1839. At three o'clock in the morning on 23 July a firing party led by [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101008307/ Lt Henry Durand] blew in the Kabul Gate of the Ghazni fortress. Storming parties led by [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007501/ Col William Dennie] and [[Robert Sale|Brig Robert Sale]] took the city then captured the citadel.
2nd Queen’s Foot now the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment<br>
13th Foot now the Light Infantry<br>
17th Foot now the Royal Anglian Regiment<br>


'''Indian'''<br>
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghuznee_Medal Ghuznee Medal] was awarded to those taking part in the attack.
2nd Bengal Light Cavalry<br>
 
3rd Bengal Light Cavalry<br>
== Storming Forces ==
3rd Skinner’s Horse<br>
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
31st Lancers<br>
*[[4th Hussars|4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons]]
34th Poona Horse<br>
*[[16th Lancers|16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)]]
3rd Sappers and Miners<br>
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]]
Shah Shujah’s Regiment<br>
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]]
1st Bengal Fusiliers (European Regiment) later the Munster Fusiliers<br>
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]]
16th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
48th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
31st Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry|3rd Skinner’s Horse]]
42nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[31st Lancers]]
43rd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[Poona Horse|34th Poona Horse]]
2nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk|Shah Shujah’s]] Regiment
27th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal European Regiment]]
19th Bombay Infantry later the 119th Multan Regiment<br>
*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|27th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)|19th Bombay Infantry]]
*2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
</div>
 
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/116/mode/2up William Dennie (1785?-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/127/mode/1up/search/Durand Henry Durand (1812-1871)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]


''With grateful acknowledgements to [http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm BritishBattles.com]''
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni Wikipedia - Battle of Ghazni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Ghuznee&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA357,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Ghuznee]
*[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni  Battle of Ghazni] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=COwRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false Engineer Operations] Google Books<br>  
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Ghuznee&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA357,M1 Capture of Ghazni] Google Books<br>
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india14_1.html 2nd Foot at Ghazni] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br>
*[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm The Battle of Ghuznee] BritishBattles.com
 
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni, Storming of]]
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]]

Latest revision as of 10:06, 24 September 2016

Storming of Ghazni
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 23 July 1839
Location: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.549438°N 68.416483°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Afghan garrison
Commanders
Lieut Gen Sir John Keane Ghulam Hyder Khan
Strength
9,500 Bengal Army
5,000 Bombay Army
6,000 Shah Shujah's Army 		3,500 garrison
Casualties
18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded 500 killed
1,600 prisoners

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article Invasion of the HEIC Army

Synopsis

The Combined Army under Sir John Keane set out for Kabul from Kandahar and reached Ghazni on 21 July 1839. At three o'clock in the morning on 23 July a firing party led by Lt Henry Durand blew in the Kabul Gate of the Ghazni fortress. Storming parties led by Col William Dennie and Brig Robert Sale took the city then captured the citadel.

The Ghuznee Medal was awarded to those taking part in the attack.

Storming Forces

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
William Dennie (1785?-1842)
Henry Durand (1812-1871)
Robert Sale (1782-1845)

External Links

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