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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=27 July 1880
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiwand Meivand Kariz, Afghanistan]
|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
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|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
}}
== Summary ==
[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 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 enemy at Maiwand. There followed one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the British army in India.
== Victoria Cross ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mullane Sergeant Patrick Mullane] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Collis Gunner James Collis] of the Royal Horse Artillery won the VC and both survived the action.
== British Forces ==
'''British Army'''
*[[66th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]] E/B Battery (six 9-pounders)
'''Indian Army'''
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)]]
*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] (Jacob's Rifles)
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]] (260 sabres)
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Sind Horse]] (200 sabres)
*[[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] (half company)
== 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 Maiwand Files Project] Victorianwars.com. Contains many articles about Maiwand<br>
[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/afghan14.htm List of 30th Bombay Native Infantry killed] www.angelfire.com<br>
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/biography/malalai.php Malalai - Afghan Heroine] Garen Ewing<br>
[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-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
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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