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|commander1=[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/database/searchresults.php Maj -Gen George Burrows]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_of_Maiwand Malalai of Maiwand] |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

It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope;<br> == Summary ==It got [http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2007-weekly/nos-25-03-2007/foo.htm Ayub Khan] advanced from Herat with a force of 25,000. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burrows_(Indian_Army_officer) Brigadier-General George Burrows] set out from [[Kandahar]] to shammin' wounded an' retirin' from oppose him with 2,500 British and Indian troops expecting the support of 6,000 friendly tribesmen. The supposed allies deserted and left Burrows to face the 'altenemy at Maiwand.<br> 'Ole companies was lookin' for There followed one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the nearest road to slope;<br> It were just a bloomin' knock-out -- an' our fault!<br> British army in India.

We was sick o== British Forces ==' bein' punished, an' we let 'em know it, too;<br> AnBritish Army' a company-commander up an' 'it us with a sword,<br> An' some one shouted "'Ook it!" an' it come to sove-ki-poo,<br> *[[66th Regiment of Foot]]An' we chucked our rifles from us -*[[Royal Horse Artillery]] E/B Battery (six 9- O my Gawd!<br> pounders)

There was thirty dead an' wounded on the ground we wouldn't keep --<br> 'Indian Army'''*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)]]No, there wasn*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] (Jacob't more than twenty when the front begun to go;<br> s Rifles)But, Christ! along the line o*[[33rd Queen Victoria' flight they cut us up like sheep,<br> s Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]] (260 sabres)*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Sind Horse]] (200 sabres)An' that was all we gained by doin' so.<br> *[[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] (half company)

I 'eard == External Links ==[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 2nd Afghan War 1878-80] The British Empire<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/maiwand.htm Battle of Maiwand] britishbattles.com<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php Battle of Maiwand] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878maiwand.htm Battle of Maiwand] British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand Battle of Maiwand] Wikipedia<br>[http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the knives be'ind me, but I dursn't face my man,Maiwand Files Project] Victorianwars.com. Contains many articles about Maiwand<br> Nor I don't know where I went to, 'cause I didn't 'alt to see,[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/afghan14.htm List of 30th Bombay Native Infantry killed] www.angelfire.com<br> Till I 'eard a beggar squealin' out for quarter as 'e ran,[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/biography/malalai.php Malalai - Afghan Heroine] Garen Ewing<br> An' I thought I knew the voice an' [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/khushk-i-nakhud.php Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_south.php Map showing Khushk-i- it was me!Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br> [http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/Poetry/Rudyard_Kipling/kipling_that_day.htm That Day by Rudyard Kipling] www.everypoet.com<br />Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the Battle of Maiwand

We was rotten 'fore we started -- we was never disciplined;<br> == Recommended Reading ==We made it out a favour if an order was obeyed;<br> Yes, every little drummer "'ad 'is rights an' wrongs to mind,<br> So we had Road to pay for teachinKabul' -- an' we paid!<br> " by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968

== External Links ==[http[Category://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/index.php Garen Ewing - 2nd Anglo-Afghan WarBattles|Maiwand, Battle of]]<br>[http[Category://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878maiwand.htm British Empire - |Maiwand, Battle of Maiwand]<br>][[httpCategory://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand Wikipedia - Battle of General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar|Maiwand]<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/khushk-i-nakhud.php Garen Ewing - , Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud]<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_south.php Garen Ewing - Map showing Khushk-i-Nakhud] == Recommended Reading =="''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968