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|location=Khoord Kabul Pass, Afghanistan

|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.3857934382,69.38579847977&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 34.385793°N 4382°N 69.385798°E47977°E]

This was the fourth day of the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]. The Akbar Khan insisted that the retreating army halt at Khoord -Kabul pass is about 5 miles (8 km) long so that he could arrange supplies and overlooked by cliffs 5escort for the onward journey. Capt Skinner who had been acting as go-600 feet (150-180 metres) highbetween brought a proposition from Akbar Khan that the married families and widows be put under his protection. Attacks began again early in This was seen as the day but ceased when Major Pottinger only way to save them more suffering and Captains Lawrence & Mackenzie they were handed over as hostages at the demand of Akbar Khan. The exhausted and frozen crowd After their departure it was realised that large numbers of men and animals moved into the pass Shah's Irregular Cavalry and the Ghilzai tribesmen once again opened fireMission Escort were deserting. In A parade of troops established that the confusion 500 regular troops 44th Regiment could only muster about 100 men and 2,500 camp followers were killed and another Horse Artillery gun abandoned. Capt Anderson's little daughter Mary and Capt Boyd's youngest boy Hugh were carried off by Afghansthe native regiments about 60 each. The force reached Khoor-Kabul where cavalry consisted of 100 troopers of the night was spent night without food Irregular Horse and fuel and only four small tents. Many died 75 of exposure overnightthe 5th Light Cavalry.