1st Afghan War Timeline

		THE INVASION
		1838
16	July	Simla Manifesto
21	November	Bombay Army left Bombay
10	December	Bengal Army left Ferozepore
		1839
25	April	Bengal Army occupied Kandahar
14	May	Bombay Army reached Kandahar
27	June	Combined Army left Kandahar
23	July	Gen Keane stormed Ghazni
27	July	Col Wade took Ali Masjid Fort
7	August	Shah Shuja entered Kabul
3	September	Col Wade & Muhammad Timur entered Kabul
18	September	Bombay Division left Kabul for the Bolan Pass
15	October	Bengal Division left Kabul for the Khyber Pass
26	October	Gen Nott left Quetta for Kandahar
13	November	Gen Willshire captured Kalat Gen Nott reached Kandahar
		1840
16	May	Ghilzies defeated at Tazee
18	September	Dost Mohammed defeated at Bameean
2	November	Dost Mohammed defeated the British at Purwandurrah
4	November	Dost Mohammed surrendered and was exiled to India
		THE OCCUPATION
		1841
9	October	Sale left Kabul for Jalalabad
11	October	Sale forced the Khoord-Kabul Pass
22	October	Sale's action at Tezin
29	October	Sale's action at Jugdulluk
30	October	Sale's action at Gundamak
2	November	Start of the Kabul Uprising
4	November	Loss of Kabul commissariat fort
10	November	Storming of the Rika-bashi Fort Kabul
12	November	Sale besieged in Jalalabad
13	November	British driven from Charikar
20	November	Shams-ud-Din besieged Ghazni
23	November	British defeated at Bemaru
23	December	William Macnaghten murdered
		THE RETREAT
		1842
6	January	Elphinstone's army left Kabul
7	January	Advance to Boothak
8	January	Massacre in Khoord Kabul Pass
10	January	Massacre at Tunghi Tarika
11	January	Further losses at Jugdulluk
12	January	Retreat from Jugdulluk
12	January	Atta Mohammed Khan defeated at Killu-l-Shah
6	March	Ghazni surrendered to Shams-ud-Din
9	March	Khelat-i-Ghilzai besieged
25	March	Afghans defeated at Baba Wullee
		THE RETURN
		1842
28	March	Gen England defeated at Hykulzye
5	April	Pollock's army forced the Khyber Pass
8	April	Sale defeated the Afghans at Jalalabad
14	April	Pollock's army reached Jalalabad
26	April	Gen. England left Quetta for Kandahar
10	May	Gen. England's force reached Kandahar
21	May	Khelat-i-Ghilzai relieved
29	May	Aktar Khan defeated outside Kandahar
9	August	Gen. Nott left Kandahar for Kabul
24	August	Hadji Ali defeated at Mamoo Khail
28	August	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Mookoor
30	August	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Ghoaine
6	September	General Nott captured Ghazni
8	September	Akbar Khan defeated at Jugdulluk Crest
8	September	Afghans defeated at Mazeena
12	September	Akbar Khan defeated at Huft Kotal
14	September	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Benee Budam
15	September	Pollock's army reached Kabul
15	September	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Maidan
29	September	Afghans defeated at Istalif
12	October	Pollock's army left Kabul