Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort: Difference between revisions

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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:	34.028338°N 71.262046°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

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 [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<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  Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] Google Books<br>
-[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23002776.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23002776&usg=__y67pwhwnQJkqwqIgE8DO8roeHt8=&h=2120&w=2816&sz=1424&hl=en&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZiG_L3iVSWnp4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAli%2BMasjid%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1 View of fort] panoramio.com<br>
+[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Masjid_fort_-_franek2.jpg View of fort] Wikimedia Commons.<br>
 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] ODNB
 [[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
 [[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]