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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GzCSVLUMj0AC&pg=PA214&dq=Urzoo&as_brr=3&ei=XGqVSsX6IZbKlATspL2TBw#v=onepage&q=Urzoo&f=false Battle at Urzoo and Shalez] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GzCSVLUMj0AC&pg=PA214&dq=Urzoo&as_brr=3&ei=XGqVSsX6IZbKlATspL2TBw#v=onepage&q=Urzoo&f=false Battle at Urzoo and Shalez] Google Books | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Urzoo, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Urzoo, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Urzoo, Battle of]] | [[Category:2nd Afghan War|Urzoo, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:General Stewart's March to Kabul|Urzoo, Battle of]] | [[Category:General Stewart's March to Kabul|Urzoo, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 31 August 2009
| Battle of Urzoo | ||
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| Part of 2nd Afghan War 1878-80 | ||
| Date: | 23 April 1880 | |
| Location: | 6 miles SE of Ghazni, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 33.487323°N 68.499243°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Gen Sir Donald Stewart Brig-Gen Palliser |
Mushk-i-Alum | |
| Strength | ||
| "a strong column" | 2-3,000 | |
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Battle at Urzoo and Shalez Google Books
| General Stewart's March to Kabul | |
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Actions fought on this march: | |
| 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 | |