Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army
An army of British and Indian troops set out from the Punjab in December 1838. They reached Quetta in March and took Kandahar without a battle in April. Ghazni was taken in July and Kabul reached in August.
Sir John Keane's Army
British
- 4th Hussars now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
- 16th Lancers now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
- 2nd Regiment of Foot now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
- 13th Regiment of Foot now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
- 17th Regiment of Foot, Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)
Indian
- 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry
- 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
- 3rd Skinner’s Horse
- 31st Lancers
- 34th Poona Horse
- 3rd Sappers and Miners
- Shah Shujah’s Regiment
- 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers later the Munster Fusiliers
- 2nd Bengal Native Infantry
- 16th Bengal Native Infantry
- 27th Bengal Native Infantry
- 31st Bengal Native Infantry
- 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
- 43rd Bengal Native Infantry
- 48th Bengal Native Infantry
- 19th Bombay Infantry later the 119th Multan Regiment
Indian Sappers and Miners
- 2nd Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 3rd Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1st Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
External Links
Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Heritage History - Afghan Wars
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Pages in category "Invasion of the HEIC Army"
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