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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Stewart,_1st_Baronet General Stewart] set out with the third invading force from [[Multan]] and, on 8 January 1879, reached [[Kandahar]] which the enemy had abandoned. In March 1880 he marched | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Stewart,_1st_Baronet General Stewart] set out with the third invading force from [[Multan]] and, on 8 January 1879, reached [[Kandahar]] which the enemy had abandoned. In March 1880 he left the Bombay division of his force as a garrison under Maj-Gen Primrose and marched to [[Kabul]] fighting battles at Ahmed Khel and Urzu on the way. Part of the field force went with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts General Roberts] on his march to relieve [[Kandahar]] while he led the remainder back to India via the [[Khyber Pass]]. | ||
== Kandahar Field Force == | == Kandahar Field Force == | ||
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General Stewart set out with the third invading force from Multan and, on 8 January 1879, reached Kandahar which the enemy had abandoned. In March 1880 he left the Bombay division of his force as a garrison under Maj-Gen Primrose and marched to Kabul fighting battles at Ahmed Khel and Urzu on the way. Part of the field force went with General Roberts on his march to relieve Kandahar while he led the remainder back to India via the Khyber Pass.
Kandahar Field Force
First Division
13,000 troops under Lt Gen Donald Stewart
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen Walter Fane
- 15th Hussars
- 8th Cavalry
- 19th Fane's Lancers
Royal Artillery
Brig Gen C. G. Arbuthnot
- One Horse Battery
- Three Field Batteries
- Two Heavy Batteries
- Three Seige Batteries
- One Mountain Battery
First Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen R. Barter
- 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles
- 15th Sikhs
- 25th Punjabis
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen W. Hughes
- 59th East Lancashire
- 12th Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt
- 1st Gurkhas
- 3rd Gurkhas
2nd Division
Maj Gen M A Biddulph
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen C. H. Palliser
- 21st Daly's Horse
- 22nd Sam Browne's Horse
- 35th Scinde Horse
Artillery
Col Le Mesurier
- One Field Battery
- Two Mountain Batteries
First Infantry
Brig Gen R. Lacy
- 70th East Surrey
- 19th Punjabis
- 127th Baluchis
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen Nuttall
- 26th Punjabis
- 32nd Pioneers
- 55th Coke's Rifles
- 129th Baluchis
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