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|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_John_Stanley_Gough Brig Gen Sir Charles Gough CB VC]
|commander2= unknown tribal leaders|strength1=1,000|strength2=5,000|casualties1=6 killed & 40 wounded|casualties2=300 killed & 900 wounded
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== Summary ==
The Peshawar Field Force spent the winter of 1878 at [[Jellalabad]]. Receiving intelligence of gathering groups of tribesmen, General Sam Browne sent out three forces at the end of March 1879. Two squadrons of cavalry under Brig-Gen Herbert Macpherson suffered a disaster crossing the Kabul river when 122 men were swept away. The second force failed to surprise the Afghans and returned without having met the enemy. The third force under Brig-Gen Sir Charles Gough engaged 5,000 Kugiani tribesmen defending a stone breastwork. The cavalry charged then retreated drawing the Afghans forward past waiting infantry who opened a destructive fire routing the enemy. Major Wigram Battye was killed in the action and Lieut Walter Hamilton won the VC.
== Gough's Field Force ==
*[[10th Dragoons|10th Hussars]]
*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Probyn's Lancers]]
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry]]
*[[17th Regiment of Foot|The Leicestershire Regiment]]
*[[The Rifle Brigade]]
*[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Brownlow's Punjabis]]
*[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Punjabis]]
*[[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th Sikhs]]
*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]
*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]]
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery]]
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