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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KdQWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=Pollock+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=QXmlSe_kGpD4MercrIQO#PPA84,M1 Forcing the Pass] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=Khyber&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA204,M1 Gen Pollock's Despatch] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Khyber Pass, Afghanistan] Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Khyber Pass, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Khyber Pass, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | [[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Battles|Khyber Pass, Forcing the]] | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 17 April 2010
| Forcing the Khyber Pass | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 5 April 1842 | |
| Location: | Khyber Pass, Pakistan/Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.102179°N 71.121968°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen George Pollock | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Forcing the Pass Google Books
Gen Pollock's Despatch Google Books
Khyber Pass, Afghanistan Wikipedia
