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== External Links == | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br> | |||
=== Historical books on-line ==== | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+From+causes+to+this+moment+unexplained,&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Pollock's march from Peshawar] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)<br> | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+Whatever+embarrassments+may+have+lain+in+the+way&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842)'' - Pollock sets out] by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858) | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War| The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War| The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | ||
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul| The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | [[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul| The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | ||
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Maj Gen George Pollock’s March from Peshawar to Kabul in the 1st Afghan War
The Army of Retribution
Left Column (to crown the heights)
- Two Coys HM 9th Regiment of Foot
- Four Coys 26th Bengal Native Infantry
- 200 Jezailchees under Maj Huish, 26th NI
- Seven Coys 53rd Native Infantry under Maj Hoggan
- Three Coys 60th Native Infantry under Capt Napleton
- Four & a half Coys 64th Bengal Native Infantry under Col Moseley
- One & a half Coys HM 9th Regiment of Foot under Col Moseley
- Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries
Centre Column
Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild
- Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment
- One Coy 26th Bengal Native Infantry
- Three Coys 30th Native Infantry
- Two Coys 33rd Native Infantry under Maj Barnewell, 9th
Main Body
- Sappers & Miners
- Horse Artillery 4 guns
- Mountain Train 2 guns
- Foot Artillery 3 guns
- Two Squadrons 3rd Dragoons
- Treasure & ammunition on camels
- One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry
- Two Coys 53rd Native Infantry
- Commissariat stores
- One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry
- One Ressalah irregular Horse
- Baggage & camp followers
- Ammunition
- Litters & camel-panniers for the sick
- One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry
Rear Guard
- Foot Artillery 3 guns
- 10th Light Cavalry
- Two Ressalahs Irregular Horse
- Two Squadrons 3rd Dragoons
- Horse Artillery 2 guns
- Three Coys 60th Native Infantry
- One Coy HM 9th Regiment of Foot
Right Column (to crown the heights)
- Two Coys 9th Regiment of Foot
- Four Coys 26th Native Infantry
- 400 Jezailchees under Co Taylor, 9th Foot
- Seven Coys 30th Native Infantry under Maj Payne
- Three Coys 60th Native Infantry under Capt Riddle
- Four Coys 64th Bengal Native Infantry under Maj Anderson
- Details of Broadfoot’s Sappers
- One & a half Coys HM 9th Regiment of Foot under Maj Davis
- Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries
External Links
Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Historical books on-line =
Memorials of Affghanistan - Pollock's march from Peshawar by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)
History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842) - Pollock sets out by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)