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Also known as the '''Battle of Kandahar'''
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Lt Gen [Frederick Roberts|Lieut General Frederick Roberts]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]
|strength1=11,000 troops<br>32 guns
}}
[[Image:BabaWalimap.jpg|thumb|Baba Wali Battle Plan]]
== The Order of Battle of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force ==
'''Commander in Chief''' ''[[Frederick Roberts|Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC. KCB]]''<br>
'''Cavalry Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough Brigadier General Hugh Gough VC CB]''
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]]
*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[39th Central India Horse|2nd Central India Horse]]
'''Artillery Brigade''' commanded by ''Colonel Alured Johnson''<br>
3 batteries Mountain Artillery
'''Infantry Division''' commanded by ''Maj-Gen Sir John Ross KCB''
*'''First Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017726/ Brig Gen Herbert Macpherson VC]''
:*[[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd (Gordon) Highlanders]]
:*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas]]
*'''Second Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Brig-Gen Thomas Durand Baker CB]''
:*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders]]
:*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]]
:*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]
:*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]
'''Third Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Brigadier General Charles Metcalfe MacGregor CB]''
:*2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]
:*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]
'''Kandahar Regiments'''
*E/B Battery [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Queen’s Own (Bombay Cavalry)]]
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Scinde Horse (Bombay Army)]]
*[[7th Regiment of Foot|HM 7th Royal Fusiliers]]
*[[66th Regiment of Foot|HM 66th Foot]]
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Grenadiers (Bombay Army)]]
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|30th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles)]]
*[[29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|29th Balluch Battalion]]
== 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://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm British battles - Battle of Baba Wali] British Battles<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar Battle of Kandahar] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:Battles|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]
