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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]''' | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under [ | 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 [ | 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 [ | 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 == | ==Related articles == | ||
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|[[Battle of Kalat 1839|Battle of Kalat]] | |[[Battle of Kalat 1839|Battle of Kalat]] | ||
|13 November 1839 | |13 November 1839 | ||
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|[[Siege of Kahan]] | |||
|11 May-29 September 1840 | |||
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|[[Fall of Kalat]] | |||
|August 1840 | |||
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|[[Battle at Nuffoosk Pass]] | |||
|31 August 1840 | |||
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|[[Battle of Bameean]] | |[[Battle of Bameean]] | ||
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*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
*3rd [[ | *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]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||