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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=14 December 1879
|location=Asmai Heights, Kabul, Afghanistan|presidency=[[Bengal]] not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.552122,69.149879&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.551932°N 69.146323°E]
|result=British withdrawal
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[[Frederick Roberts|Maj Gen Frederick Roberts]]<br> [http://enwww.wikipediaoxforddnb.orgcom/wikiindex/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Maj Gen Frederick Roberts101001141/ Lt Col Thomas Baker]<br>General Baker
|commander2=Unknown tribal leaders
|strength1=1,200 infantry<br>1 regiment of native cavalry<br>8 guns
|casualties2=
}}
== Assault force ==
*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd Seaforth Highlanders]]
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Guides Infantry]]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=36MmeazEJrACMxllpyRWKEUC&pg=PA106PA247&dq=Asmai+Heights&as_brrhl=en&sa=1X&ei=DhqaR7nHKZS6iQGYwvjFAQ9bq8UIzWBKjM0AWUv4CgCA&sigved=3c8xjZriInnED9hJjJdzwTOHQxA0CEEQ6AEwBQ#PPA105,M1 Google Books - v=onepage&q=Asmai%20Heights&f=false Assault on Asmai Heights]Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Vousden William Vousden's VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_George_Hammond Arthur Hammond' VC] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Asmai Heights, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Asmai Heights, Battle of]]
