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== The Army of Retribution ==
== The Army of Retribution ==
'''Left Column (to crown the heights)'''<br>
'''Left Column (to crown the heights)'''<br>
''Lieut-Col Moseley commanding''
*Two Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Two Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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*Seven Coys [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Native Infantry]] under Maj Hoggan
*Seven Coys [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Native Infantry]] under Maj Hoggan
*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]] under Capt Napleton
*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]] under Capt Napleton
*Four & a half Coys [[64th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Col Moseley
*Four & a half Coys [[64th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*One & a half Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]] under Col Moseley
*One & a half Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]  
*Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries<br>
*Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries<br>


'''Centre Column'''<br>
'''Centre Column'''<br>
 
''Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild''
''Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild''<br>
*Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment
*Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment
*One Coy [[26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*One Coy [[26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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'''Right Column (to crown the heights)'''
'''Right Column (to crown the heights)'''
''Lieut-Col Taylor, 9th Foot commanding''
*Two Coys [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Two Coys [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
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[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>
[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 ====
==== 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.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)
[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)

Revision as of 17:04, 17 April 2010

See our interactive map of
The March from Peshawar to Kabul
locations and routes on Google Maps
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)
Lieut-Col Moseley commanding

Centre Column
Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild

Main Body

Rear Guard

Right Column (to crown the heights) Lieut-Col Taylor, 9th Foot commanding

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)