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| An army of British and Indian troops set out from the Punjab in December 1838. They reached Quetta in March and took Kandahar without a battle in April. Ghazni was taken in July and Kabul reached in August.
| | '''For details see [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]''' |
| | | [[Category:1st Afghan War| Invasion of the HEIC Army]] |
| == Sir John Keane's Army ==
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| '''British'''<br> | |
| *[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
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| *[[16th Lancers]] now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
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| *[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
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| *[[13th Regiment of Foot]] now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
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| *[[17th Regiment of Foot]], Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)<br>
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| '''Indian'''<br>
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| *[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
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| *[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
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| *3rd [[Skinner’s Horse]]
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| *[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Lancers]]
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| *34th [[Poona Horse]]
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| *3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
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| *Shah Shujah’s Regiment
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| *[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] later the Munster Fusiliers
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| *[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
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| *[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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| *27th Bengal Native Infantry
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| *[[2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
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| *42nd Bengal Native Infantry
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| *[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
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| *[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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| *[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]] later the 119th Multan Regiment
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| '''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
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| *2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
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| *3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
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| *1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
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| == External Links ==
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| [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]
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| [[Category:1st Afghan War]]
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