General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar

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

10,000 men and 8,000 camp followers
Cavalry

• 9th Lancers
• 3rd Bengal Cavalry
• 23rd Bengal Cavalry
• 1st Central India Horse
• 2nd Central India Horse

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
Actions fought on this march: Maiwand – Baba Wullee (Kandahar)
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