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== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:Battles|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Killa Kazee, Battle of]]

Revision as of 15:48, 31 August 2009

Battle of Killa Kazee
Part of 2nd Afghan War 1878-80
Date: 11 December 1879
Location: Kala, Kabul, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.480382°N 68.983536°E
Result: British withdrawal
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Frederick Roberts
Brig Gen Massy
Mahomed Jan
Strength
10,000
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80
Google Books - Battle at Killa Kazee
Garen Ewing - Trumpeter's narrative
University of Texas - Map of Kabul environs

Recommended Reading

"Road to Kabul" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968

General Roberts' March to Kabul

Actions fought on this march:
Charasia – Killa Kazee – Takht-I-Shah – Asmai Heights – Siege of Sherpur Cantonment – Kabul

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