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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022478/ [George Pollock|Maj Gen George Pollock]]
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|casualties2=300 killed<br>700 wounded
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'''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''' 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.
== External Links ==
*[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
== Historical books on-line ==
*[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://books.google.co.uk/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 Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842)'' - The Forcing of the Khybur] by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)
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[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Khyber Pass, Forcing the]]
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