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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022478/ [George Pollock|Maj Gen George Pollock]]

|casualties1=14 killed<br>102 wounded<br>15 missing|casualties2=300 killed<br>700 wounded

'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>'''For context see main article [[The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]]'''== Synopsis =='''General George Pollock's '' finally completed preparations and marched from [[Jamrud]] on 5 April. Negotiations to bribe the tribes to allow passage through the [[Khyber Pass]] had failed and there was no alternative but armed assault. The general detailed the left and right wings of his force to crown the heights on either side of the pass. This they did successfully preventing the Afridi tribesmen from attacking the main body of the army. Once the heights were won the main force was able to demolish the great barrier of mud, stones and tree branches which blocked the pass. The force moved forward to [[Ali Masjid]], which the enemy had evacuated, and camped the night. Little opposition was encountered from that point until [[Jalalabad]] was reached on 14 April. == The Army of Retribution ==

''Lieut-Col Moseley commanding''*Two Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]<br>*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>*200 Jezailchees under Maj Huish, 26th NI<br>*Seven Coys [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |53rd Native Infantry]] under Maj Hoggan<br>*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry ]] under Capt Napleton<br>*Four & a half Coys [[64th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Col Moseley<br>*One & a half Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]] under Col Moseley<br>*Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries<br>

''Advance Guard under Brigadier WildMain Body''<br>Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment<br>*Sappers & Miners*Horse Artillery 4 guns*Mountain Train 2 guns*Foot Artillery 3 guns*Two Squadrons [[3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards|3rd Dragoons]]*Treasure & ammunition on camels*One Coy Squadron [[26th 1st Bengal Light Cavalry|1st Native InfantryCavalry]]<br>Three *Two Coys 30th [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Native Infantry<br>]]*Commissariat stores*One Squadron [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry|1st Native Cavalry]]*One Ressalah irregular Horse*Baggage & camp followers*Ammunition*Litters & camel-panniers for the sickTwo Coys 33rd *One Squadron [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry|1st Native Infantry under Maj Barnewell, 9th<br>Cavalry]]

''Main BodyRear Guard''<br>Sappers & Miners<br>Horse *Foot Artillery 4 3 guns<br>Mountain Train 2 guns<br>*[[10th Bengal Light Cavalry|10th Light Cavalry]]Foot Artillery 3 guns<br>*Two Ressalahs Irregular Horse*Two Squadrons [[3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards|3rd Dragoons<br>]]*Horse Artillery 2 gunsTreasure & ammunition on camels<br>*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]]*One Squadron 1st Native CavalryCoy HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]<br>

'''Right Column (to crown the heights)'''''Lieut-Col Taylor, 9th Foot commanding''*Two Coys 53rd [[9th Regiment of Foot]]*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]*400 Jezailchees under Co Taylor, 9th Foot*Seven Coys [[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Native Infantry]] under Maj Payne*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry<br>|60th Native Infantry]] under Capt RiddleCommissariat stores<br>*Four Coys [[64th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Maj Anderson*Details of Broadfoot’s Sappers*One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry<br>& a half Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Davis*Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries

One Ressalah irregular Horse<br>== Biographies ==Baggage & camp followersEntries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>Ammunition<br>Litters & camel[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/339/mode/1up George Pollock (1786-panniers for the sick<br>One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry1872)]<br>

''Rear Guard''<br>== External Links == Foot Artillery 3 guns<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia10th Light Cavalry<br>Two Ressalahs Irregular Horse<br>Two Squadrons 3rd Dragoons<br>Horse Artillery 2 guns<br>Three Coys 60th Native Infantry<br>One Coy HM [*[9th Regiment of Foot]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Khyber Pass, Afghanistan]<br>Wikipedia

== External Links Historical books on-line ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KdQWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=Pollock+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=QXmlSe_kGpD4MercrIQO#PPA84,M1 Google Books - Forcing the Pass]Google Books<br>*[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=Khyber&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA204,M1 Google Books - Gen Pollock's Despatch]Google Books<br>*[http://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.orgco.uk/wiki/Khyber_Pass Wikipedia books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+From+causes+to+this+moment+unexplained,&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Forcing the Khyber Pass] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KdQWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan+Early+on+the+morning+of+the+5th+April, +General&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in AfghanistanVol III (1841-1842)'' - The Forcing of the Khybur]by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)

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