General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl

Summary

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In November 1878, after the refusal of the Afghans to admit a British delegation, Major General Roberts VC led the second invasion force through the Kurram Pass to Ali Kheyl fighting the Battle of Peiwar Kotal on the way. The presence of overwhelming occupation forces led to the Treaty of Gandamak and the British remained at Ali Kheyl taking possession of the Kurram Valley.

Kurram Valley Field Force

4,000 troops and 13 guns under Major General Roberts VC

Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen Hugh Gough

• One squadron 10th Hussars under Maj Bulkekey
• 12th Cavalry under Col Hugh Gough
• 25th Cavalry

Artillery Brigade
Col Alexander H. Lindsay

• F Battery, A Brigade Royal Horse Artillery under Col W Sterling
• C Battery, 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery under Maj Sydney Parry
• No 1 Mountain Battery

First Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen Alexander H. Cobbe

• 2nd Battalion of Liverpool Regiment under Col Barry Drew
• 23rd Pioneers under Col Currie
• 29th Punjabis
• 5th (Punjab Frontier Force) Infantry Under Maj McQueen

Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen J. B. Thelwell

• One wing 72nd Seaforth Highlanders under Lt-Col F Brownlow
• 21st Punjabis under Maj Collis
• 2nd (Punjab Frontier Force) Infantry under Lt-Col Tyndall
• 5th Gurkhas under Maj Fitz-Hugh
• 7th Company Bengal Sappers and Miners

External links

Historical Books on-line

Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar 1900 March to Ali Kheyl archive.org

General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl
Actions fought on this march: Peiwar Kotal
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