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[[Category:Battles|Khyber Pass, Battle ofForcing the]]
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== Pollock's Army ==
'''Left Column (to crown the heights)'''<br>
Two Coys HM 9th Foot<br>
Four Coys 26th Native Infantry<br>
200 Jezailchees under Maj Huish, 26th NI<br>
Seven Coys 53rd Native Infantry under Maj Hoggan<br>
Three Coys 60th Native Infantry under Capt Napleton<br>
Four & a half Coys 64th Native Infantry under Col Moseley<br>
One & a half Coys HM 9th Foot under Col Moseley<br>
Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries<br>
'''Centre Column'''<br>
''Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild''<br>
Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment<br>
One Coy 26th Native Infantry<br>
Three Coys 30th Native Infantry<br>
Two Coys 33rd Native Infantry under Maj Barnewell, 9th<br>
''Main Body''<br>
Sappers & Miners<br>
Horse Artillery 4 guns<br>
Mountain Train 2 guns<br>
Foot Artillery 3 guns<br>
Two Squadrons 3rd Dragoons<br>
Treasure & ammunition on camels<br>
One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry<br>
Two Coys 53rd Native Infantry<br>
Commissariat stores<br>
One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry<br>
One Ressalah irregular Horse<br>
Baggage & camp followers<br>
Ammunition<br>
Litters & camel-panniers for the sick<br>
One Squadron 1st Native Cavalry<br>
''Rear Guard''<br>
Foot Artillery 3 guns<br>
10th 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 Foot<br>
== External Links ==
[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=IBEWAAAAMAAJKdQWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PAiPA84&dq=BrigadierPollock+SheltonAfghanistan&as_brr=13&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQQXmlSe_kGpD4MercrIQO#PPR1PPA84,M1 Google Books - History of Forcing the War in AfghanistanPass]<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=Khyber&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA204,M1 Google Books - Gen Pollock's Despatch]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Wkipedia - Khyber Pass, Afghanistan]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Khyber Pass, Battle of]]
