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== Retreating Army == | |||
''Brigadier John Shelton''<br> | |||
'''Advance Guard'''<br> | |||
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44th Foot, later the Essex Regiment and now the Royal Anglian Regiment.
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*4th Irregular Horse | |||
*Skinner’s Horse | |||
*Horse Artillery (two 6 pounder guns) | |||
*Sappers & Miners Mountain Train | |||
*Envoy’s Escort<br> | |||
'''Main Body'''<br> | |||
*5th Native Infantry | |||
*37th Native Infantry
(in charge of treasure) | |||
*Anderson’s Horse | |||
*Shah’s 6th Regiment | |||
*Horse Artillery (two 6 pounder guns)<br> | |||
'''Rearguard'''<br> | |||
*54th Native Infantry | |||
*5th Cavalry | |||
*Horse Artillery (two 6 pounder guns)<br> | |||
'''Total 4,500 fighting men and 12,000 followers''' | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War]] | ||