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'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | '''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen Walter Fane'' | ''Brig Gen Walter Fane'' | ||
*15th Hussars | *[[15th Dragoons|15th Hussars]] | ||
*8th Cavalry | *[[8th Bengal Lancers|8th Cavalry]] | ||
*19th Fane's Lancers | *[[19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse)|19th Fane's Lancers]] | ||
'''Royal Artillery'''<br> | '''[[Royal Artillery]]'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen C. G. Arbuthnot'' | ''Brig Gen C. G. Arbuthnot'' | ||
*One Horse Battery | *One Horse Battery | ||
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'''First Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''First Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen R. Barter'' | ''Brig Gen R. Barter'' | ||
*2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles | *2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|King's Royal Rifles]] | ||
*15th Sikhs | *[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Sikhs]] | ||
*25th Punjabis | *[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjabis]] | ||
'''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen W. Hughes'' | ''Brig Gen W. Hughes'' | ||
*59th East Lancashire | *[[59th Regiment of Foot|59th East Lancashire]] | ||
*12th Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt | *[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|12th Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt]] | ||
*1st Gurkhas | *[[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkhas]] | ||
*3rd Gurkhas | *[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|3rd Gurkhas]] | ||
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'''''2nd Division'''''<br> | '''''2nd Division'''''<br> | ||
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'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | '''Cavalry Brigade'''<br> | ||
'''Brig Gen C. H. Palliser''' | '''Brig Gen C. H. Palliser''' | ||
*21st Daly's Horse | *[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|21st Daly's Horse]] | ||
*22nd Sam Browne's Horse | *[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|22nd Sam Browne's Horse]] | ||
*35th Scinde Horse | *[[35th Scinde Horse]] | ||
'''Artillery'''<br> | '''Artillery'''<br> | ||
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'''First Infantry'''<br> | '''First Infantry'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen R. Lacy'' | ''Brig Gen R. Lacy'' | ||
*70th East Surrey | *[[70th Regiment of Foot|70th East Surrey]] | ||
*19th Punjabis | *[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]] | ||
*127th Baluchis | *[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|127th Baluchis]] | ||
'''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
''Brig Gen Nuttall'' | ''Brig Gen Nuttall'' | ||
*26th Punjabis | *[[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|26th Punjabis]] | ||
*32nd Pioneers | *[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] | ||
*55th Coke's Rifles | *[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|55th Coke's Rifles]] | ||
*129th Baluchis | *[[29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|129th Baluchis]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Afghan War]] | [[Category:2nd Afghan War]] | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 29 August 2009
Summary
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General Stewart set out at the end of November 1878 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
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
2nd Division
Maj Gen M A Biddulph
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen C. H. Palliser
Artillery
Col Le Mesurier
- One Field Battery
- Two Mountain Batteries
First Infantry
Brig Gen R. Lacy
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen Nuttall