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'''This was the only action during [[Wade's Expedition to Kabul]]''' | |||
== Wade's Expeditionary Force == | == Wade's Expeditionary Force == | ||
380 Company troops | *380 Company troops | ||
*4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies | |||
*6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1 Google Books - Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ ODNB - Sir Claude Martine Wade] | ||
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] | |||
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1 Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] | |||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] | |||
[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | [[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]] | ||
Revision as of 09:18, 10 April 2010
| Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 27 July 1839 | |
| Location: | Ali Masjid, Khyber Pass, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.043972°N 71.250433°E | |
| Result: | British occupation | |
| Combatants | ||
| British, Afghan levies & Sikhs | Afghan army | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt-Col Claude Wade Shahzadeh Muhammad Timur |
Mohammad Akbar Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| 11,000 | ||
| Casualties | ||
This was the only action during Wade's Expedition to Kabul
Wade's Expeditionary Force
- 380 Company troops
- 4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies
- 6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops
External Links
Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Heritage History - Afghan Wars
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort
ODNB - Sir Claude Martine Wade