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== Summary ==
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under Sir John Keane left by sea at the end of November and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br>  
== Synopsis ==
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under Sir Willoughby Cotton set out from [[Ferozpore]] in the Punjab in December 1838. It reached [[Quetta]] at the end of March 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached [[Kandahar]] which was taken without a battle.<br>
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] left by sea and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br>  
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under [[Willoughby Cotton|Maj-Gen Sir Willoughby Cotton]] set out from [[Ferozepore]] in the Punjab in December 1838. It reached [[Quetta]] at the end of March 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached [[Kandahar]] which was taken without a battle.<br>
The Bombay Army reached [[Quetta]] on 20 April and joined the Bengal Army at [[Kandahar]] on 14 May.<br>
The Bombay Army reached [[Quetta]] on 20 April and joined the Bengal Army at [[Kandahar]] on 14 May.<br>
The combined force took [[Ghazni]] in July. In August [[Kabul]] was reached and Shah Shuja put on the throne.
The combined force took [[Ghazni]] in July. In August [[Kabul]] was reached and [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja]] put on the throne.
 
==Related articles ==
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
{|
|[[Occupation of Kandahar]]
|25 April 1839
|-
|[[Storming of Ghazni]]
|23 July 1839
|-
|[[Wade's Expedition to Kabul]]
|27 July-3 September 1839
|-
|[[Battle of Kalat 1839|Battle of Kalat]]
|13 November 1839
|-
|[[Siege of Kahan]]
|11 May-29 September 1840
|-
|[[Fall of Kalat]]
|August 1840
|-
|[[Battle at Nuffoosk Pass]]
|31 August 1840
|-
|[[Battle of Bameean]]
|18 September 1840
|-
|[[Battle of Purwandurrah]]
|2 November 1840
|}


== Itinerary ==
== Itinerary ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''Bombay Force'''<br>
'''Bombay Force'''<br>
1839
1838
*21 November Left Bombay
*21 November Left [[Bombay]]
*27 November Indus
*27 November Indus
*24 December Left Hujamry
*24 December Left Hujamry
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*25 December Sumarakote
*25 December Sumarakote
*26 December Kurreempore
*26 December Kurreempore
*27 December Thatta<br>
*27 December [[Thatta]]<br>
1839
1839
*23 January Left Thatta
*23 January Left Thatta
*24 January Sadan
*24 January Sadan
*25 January Jerruck
*25 January [[Jerruck]]
*3 February Left Jerruck
*3 February Left Jerruck
*4 February Kotri
*4 February [[Kotri]]
*10 February Left Kotri
*10 February Left Kotri
*Sun
*Sun
*15 February Aumry
*15 February Aumry
*16 February Lukky
*16 February Lukky
*17 February Sehwan
*17 February [[Sehwan]]
*4 March Latkhanu
*4 March [[Latkhanu]]
*12 March Left Larkhanu
*12 March Left Larkhanu
*23 March  Gundava
*23 March  Gundava
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*1 April Soony
*1 April Soony
*5 April Dadur
*5 April Dadur
*Bolan pass
*[[Bolan Pass|Bolan pass]]
*20 April Quetta
*20 April Quetta
*21 April Kooslak
*21 April Kooslak
*Pishin
*[[Pishin]]
*1 May Juktapole
*1 May Juktapole
*14 May Kandahar
*14 May Kandahar
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'''Bengal Army'''<br>
'''Bengal Army'''<br>
1838
1838
*10 December Left Ferozpore
*10 December Left [[Ferozepore]]
1839<br>
1839<br>
*27 January Reached Indus
*27 January Reached Indus
*10 February Left Rohri
*10 February Left [[Rohri]]
*16-20 February Shikarpur
*16-20 February [[Shikarpur]]
*23 February Left Shikarpur
*23 February Left Shikarpur
*24 February Janeedera
*24 February Janeedera
*14 March Dadur
*14 March [[Dadar|Dadur]]
*16 March Bolan Pass
*16 March Bolan Pass
*Sir-I-Aub
*Sir-I-Aub
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*6 April Keane joins army
*6 April Keane joins army
*Kooslak
*Kooslak
*Kojak Pass
*[[Khojak Pass|Kojak Pass]]
*30 April Kandahar<br>
*30 April Kandahar<br>


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*23 July Stormed Ghazni
*23 July Stormed Ghazni
* 7 August Shah Shujah enters Kabul
* 7 August Shah Shujah enters Kabul
 
</div>
== Sir John Keane's Combined Army ==
== Sir John Keane's Combined Army ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''British'''<br>
'''British'''<br>
*[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
*[[4th Hussars]]
*[[16th Lancers]] now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
*[[16th Lancers]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]]  
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]] now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]]  
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]], Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)<br>
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]]


'''Indian'''<br>
'''Indian'''<br>
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*3rd [[Skinner’s Horse]]
*3rd [[Skinner's Horse]]
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Lancers]]
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Lancers]]
*34th [[Poona Horse]]
*34th [[Poona Horse]]
*3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|Shah Shujah’s Regiment]]
*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|Shah Shujah’s Regiment]]
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] later the Munster Fusiliers
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]]
*[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]] later the 119th Multan Regiment
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]]


'''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
'''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
*2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*2nd Coy, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Coy, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Coy, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
</div>
 
== 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]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.google.com/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=label:%221st+afghan+war%22#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol 1''] by John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books)
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This was an event during the 1st Afghan War

Synopsis

The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under Sir John Keane left by sea and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under Maj-Gen Sir Willoughby Cotton set out from Ferozepore in the Punjab in December 1838. It reached Quetta at the end of March 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached Kandahar which was taken without a battle.
The Bombay Army reached Quetta on 20 April and joined the Bengal Army at Kandahar on 14 May.
The combined force took Ghazni in July. In August Kabul was reached and Shah Shuja put on the throne.

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Occupation of Kandahar 25 April 1839
Storming of Ghazni 23 July 1839
Wade's Expedition to Kabul 27 July-3 September 1839
Battle of Kalat 13 November 1839
Siege of Kahan 11 May-29 September 1840
Fall of Kalat August 1840
Battle at Nuffoosk Pass 31 August 1840
Battle of Bameean 18 September 1840
Battle of Purwandurrah 2 November 1840

Itinerary

Bombay Force
1838

  • 21 November Left Bombay
  • 27 November Indus
  • 24 December Left Hujamry
  • 24 December Julalkote
  • 25 December Sumarakote
  • 26 December Kurreempore
  • 27 December Thatta

1839

  • 23 January Left Thatta
  • 24 January Sadan
  • 25 January Jerruck
  • 3 February Left Jerruck
  • 4 February Kotri
  • 10 February Left Kotri
  • Sun
  • 15 February Aumry
  • 16 February Lukky
  • 17 February Sehwan
  • 4 March Latkhanu
  • 12 March Left Larkhanu
  • 23 March Gundava
  • 31 March Gajin
  • 1 April Soony
  • 5 April Dadur
  • Bolan pass
  • 20 April Quetta
  • 21 April Kooslak
  • Pishin
  • 1 May Juktapole
  • 14 May Kandahar

Bengal Army
1838

1839

  • 27 January Reached Indus
  • 10 February Left Rohri
  • 16-20 February Shikarpur
  • 23 February Left Shikarpur
  • 24 February Janeedera
  • 14 March Dadur
  • 16 March Bolan Pass
  • Sir-I-Aub
  • 26 March Quetta
  • 6 April Keane joins army
  • Kooslak
  • Kojak Pass
  • 30 April Kandahar

Combined Army
1839

  • 27 June Left Kandahar
  • 21 July Reached Ghazni
  • 23 July Stormed Ghazni
  • 7 August Shah Shujah enters Kabul

Sir John Keane's Combined Army

British

Indian

Indian Sappers and Miners

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

History of the War in Afghanistan Vol 1 by John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books)

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