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| + | The Bengal division of the Army of the Indus under Sir John Keane reached Kandahar and Shah Shujah made an unopposed entry to the city. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History <br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA354&dq=Candahar&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA354,M1 Occupation of Kandahar] Google Books | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History <br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA354&dq=Candahar&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA354,M1 Occupation of Kandahar] Google Books | ||
| + | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| + | [http://www.google.com/books?id=WQ8WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA422&dq=On+the+25th+April,+Shah+Soojah-ool-Moolk+re-entered+the+chief+city+of+Western+Afghanistan&cd=1#v=onepage&q=On%20the%2025th%20April%2C%20Shah%20Soojah-ool-Moolk%20re-entered%20the%20chief%20city%20of%20Western%20Afghanistan&f=false ''History of the war in Afghanistan, Volume 1'' - Arrival at Kandahar] by Sir John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books) | ||
[[Category:Battles|Kandahar, Occupation of]] | [[Category:Battles|Kandahar, Occupation of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kandahar, Occupation of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Kandahar, Occupation of]] | ||
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]] | [[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]] | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 9 April 2010
| Occupation of Kandahar | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 25 April 1839 | |
| Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.61088°N 65.700272°E | |
| Result: | British occupation | |
| Combatants | ||
| Commanders | ||
| Lieut Gen Sir John Keane | ||
| Strength | ||
| 9,500 Bengal Army 5,000 Bombay Army 6,000 Shah Shujah's Army |
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| Casualties | ||
Summary
The Bengal division of the Army of the Indus under Sir John Keane reached Kandahar and Shah Shujah made an unopposed entry to the city.
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Afghan Wars Heritage History
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Occupation of Kandahar Google Books
Historical books on-line
History of the war in Afghanistan, Volume 1 - Arrival at Kandahar by Sir John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books)
