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Also known as the '''Battle of Kandahar'''
 
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{{Battles_Infobox
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|partof=[[2nd Afghan War]]
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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
 
|date=1 September 1880
 
|date=1 September 1880
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|location=Argandah, Kandahar, Afghanistan
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|location=Argandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.646407,65.674874&z=13&t=h&hl=en 31.647689°N 665.671617°E]   
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.646407,65.674874&z=13&t=h&hl=en 31.647689°N 65.671617°E]   
 
|result=British victory
 
|result=British victory
 
|territory=
 
|territory=
 
|combatant1=British & Indians
 
|combatant1=British & Indians
 
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
 
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Lt Gen Frederick Roberts]
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|commander1=[[Frederick Roberts|Lieut General Frederick Roberts]]
 
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]  
 
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]  
 
|strength1=11,000 troops<br>32 guns
 
|strength1=11,000 troops<br>32 guns
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|casualties2=2,500 killed
 
|casualties2=2,500 killed
 
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[[Image:BabaWalimap.jpg|thumb|Baba Wali Battle Plan]]
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== The Order of Battle of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force ==
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'''Commander in Chief''' ''[[Frederick Roberts|Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC. KCB]]''<br>
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'''Cavalry Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough Brigadier General Hugh Gough VC CB]''
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*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]]
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*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry]]
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*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Bengal Cavalry]]
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*[[39th Central India Horse|2nd Central India Horse]]
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'''Artillery Brigade''' commanded by ''Colonel Alured Johnson''<br>
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3 batteries Mountain Artillery
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'''Infantry Division''' commanded by ''Maj-Gen Sir John Ross KCB''
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*'''First Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017726/ Brig Gen Herbert Macpherson VC]''
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:*[[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd (Gordon) Highlanders]]
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:*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas]]
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*'''Second Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Brig-Gen Thomas Durand Baker CB]''
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:*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders]]
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:*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]]
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:*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]
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:*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]
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'''Third Brigade''' commanded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Brigadier General Charles Metcalfe MacGregor CB]''
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:*2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]
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:*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]
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'''Kandahar Regiments'''
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*E/B Battery [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
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*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Queen’s Own (Bombay Cavalry)]]
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*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Scinde Horse (Bombay Army)]]
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*[[7th Regiment of Foot|HM 7th Royal Fusiliers]]
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*[[66th Regiment of Foot|HM 66th Foot]]
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*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Grenadiers (Bombay Army)]]
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*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]
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*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Native Infantry]]
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*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|30th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles)]]
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*[[29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|29th Balluch Battalion]]
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm British battles - Battle of Baba Wali]
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 2nd Afghan War 1878-80] The British Empire<br>
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[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm Battle of Baba Wali] British Battles<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar Battle of Kandahar] Wikipedia
  
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
 
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
  
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[[Image:BabaWalimap.jpg|thumb|Baba Wali Battle Plan]]
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[[Category:Battles|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]
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[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]
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[[Category:General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar|Baba Wullee 1880, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 16:24, 2 May 2011

Also known as the Battle of Kandahar

Battle of Baba Wullee 1880
Part of 2nd Afghan War 1878-80
Date: 1 September 1880
Location: Argandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.647689°N 65.671617°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Lieut General Frederick Roberts Ayub Khan
Strength
11,000 troops
32 guns 		13,000 Afghan regulars & tribesmen
Casualties
248 killed & wounded 2,500 killed
Baba Wali Battle Plan


The Order of Battle of the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force

External Links

2nd Afghan War 1878-80 The British Empire
Battle of Baba Wali British Battles
Battle of Kandahar Wikipedia

Recommended Reading

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