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== Field Force from Kabul == | == Field Force from Kabul == | ||
10,00 men and 8,000 camp followers<br> | |||
'''Cavalry'''<br> | '''Cavalry'''<br> | ||
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] | *[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] | ||
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*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]] | *[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]] | ||
*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] | *[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] | ||
==Forced March Itinerary == | |||
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| 8 August | |||
| Left Kabul | |||
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|15 August | |||
|Reached Ghuznee | |||
|90 miles | |||
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|23 August | |||
|Relieved Khelat-i-Ghilzai | |||
|220 miles | |||
|- | |||
|31 August | |||
|Reached Kandahar | |||
|300 miles | |||
|} | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/kandahar_march.php Roberts' March] Garen Ewing Article | [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/kandahar_march.php Roberts' March] Garen Ewing Article | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 9 September 2009
Summary
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Following the defeat at the Battle of Maiwand, Roberts set out on 7 August 1880 on a forced march from Kabul to relieve Kandahar. on 1 September Roberts defeated Yakub Khan at the Battle of Baba Wullee. General Stewart completed the evacuation of British troops from Kabul on 11 September and Brig-Gen Watson took remaining British forces out of Kurram 6-21 October. The last British units left Kandahar on 15 Aprill 1881.
Field Force from Kabul
10,00 men and 8,000 camp followers
Cavalry
Artillery
- 3 batteries Mountain Artillery
Infantry
- 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles
- 72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders
- 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders
- 15th Bengal Native Infantry
- 23rd Bengal Native Infantry
- 24th Bengal Native Infantry
- 25th Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas
- 4th Gurkhas
- 5th Gurkhas
- 2nd Sikh Infantry
- 3rd Sikh Infantry
Forced March Itinerary
| 8 August | Left Kabul | |
| 15 August | Reached Ghuznee | 90 miles |
| 23 August | Relieved Khelat-i-Ghilzai | 220 miles |
| 31 August | Reached Kandahar | 300 miles |
External Links
Roberts' March Garen Ewing Article
| General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar | |
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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 | |