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|combatant1=British & Indians | |combatant1=British & Indians | ||
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | |combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | ||
|commander1=[ | |commander1=[[Frederick Roberts|Lt General Sir Frederick Roberts]] | ||
|commander2= Mohammed Jan | |commander2= Mohammed Jan | ||
|strength1= | |strength1=7,000 British and Indians | ||
|strength2=50,000 | |strength2=50,000 tribesmen | ||
|casualties1=33 | |casualties1=33 | ||
|casualties2=3,000 | |casualties2=3,000 | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 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 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 == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968 | "''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968 | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Kabul, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Kabul, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Kabul, Battle of]] | [[Category:2nd Afghan War|Kabul, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Kabul, Battle of]] | [[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Kabul, Battle of]] | ||