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General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl
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Kurram Valley Field Force
4,000 troops and 13 guns under Major General Roberts VC
Cavalry Brigade
Brig Gen Hugh Gough
- 10th Hussars (1 sqdn)
- 12th Cavalry
- 25th Cavalry
Royal Artillery
Col A. H. Lindsay
- One Horse Battery
- One Field Battery
- Two Mountain Batteries
First Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen A. H. Cobbe
- 1st Battalion of Liverpool Regiment
- 23rd Pioneers
- 29th Punjabis
- 58th Vaughn's Rifles
Second Infantry Brigade
Brig Gen J. B. Thelwell
- 72nd Seaforth Highlanders
- 21st Punjabis
- 56th Rifles
- 5th Gurkhas