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Battle of Maiwand

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Add strengths & casualties
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.733066,65.138988&z=12&t=h&hl=en 31.733066°N 65.138988°E]
|result=Major British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|commander1=Maj Gen George Burrows
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]
|strength1=2,500 British & Indian troops<br>12 guns|strength2=3,000 cavalry<br>9,000 infantry<br>36 guns|casualties1=21 officers & 948 men killed<br>8 officers & 169 men wounded|casualties2=approx 3,000
}}
== British Forces ==

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