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''Brig Gen Walter Fane'' | ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fane Brig Gen Walter Fane]'' | ||
*[[15th Dragoons|15th Hussars]] | *[[15th Dragoons|15th Hussars]] | ||
*[[8th Bengal Lancers|8th Cavalry]] | *[[8th Bengal Lancers|8th Cavalry]] | ||
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''Brig Gen C. H. Palliser'' | ''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/326/mode/2up/search/Palliser Brig Gen C. H. Palliser]'' | ||
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|21st Daly's Horse]] | *[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|21st Daly's Horse]] | ||
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|22nd Sam Browne's Horse]] | *[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|22nd Sam Browne's Horse]] | ||
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''Col Le Mesurier'' | ''[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/database/searchresults.php Col Cecil Le Mesurier]'' | ||
*One Field Battery | *One Field Battery | ||
*Two Mountain Batteries | *Two Mountain Batteries | ||
Latest revision as of 18:22, 25 November 2012
Summary
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General Stewart set out at the end of November 1878 with the third invading force from Multan and, on 8 January 1879, reached Kandahar which the enemy had abandoned. In March 1880 he left the Bombay division of his force as a garrison under Maj-Gen Primrose and marched to Kabul fighting battles at Ahmed Khel and Urzu on the way. Part of the field force went with General Roberts on his march to relieve Kandahar while he led the remainder back to India via the Khyber Pass.
Kandahar Field Force
First Division
13,000 troops under Lt Gen Donald Stewart
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen Walter Fane
Royal Artillery
Brig Gen Charles George Arbuthnot
- One Horse Battery
- Three Field Batteries
- Two Heavy Batteries
- Three Seige Batteries
- One Mountain Battery
First Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen R. Barter
- 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles
- 15th Sikhs
- 25th Punjabis
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen W. Hughes
2nd Division
Maj Gen Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen C. H. Palliser
Artillery
Col Cecil Le Mesurier
- One Field Battery
- Two Mountain Batteries
First Infantry
Brig Gen R. Lacy
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen Thomas Nuttall
| General Stewart's March to Kabul | |
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Actions fought on this march: | |
| Phases: General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak – General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl – General Stewart's March to Kandahar | |
| General Roberts' March to Kabul – General Stewart's March to Kabul – General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar | |
| Part of the 2nd Afghan War | |