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== Synopsis ==
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keane,_1st_Baron_Keane Sir John Keane] left by sea and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br>
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willoughby_Cotton [Willoughby Cotton|Maj-Gen Sir Willoughby Cotton]] set out from [[Ferozepore]] in the Punjab in December 1838. It reached [[Quetta]] at the end of March 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached [[Kandahar]] which was taken without a battle.<br>
The Bombay Army reached [[Quetta]] on 20 April and joined the Bengal Army at [[Kandahar]] on 14 May.<br>
The combined force took [[Ghazni]] in July. In August [[Kabul]] was reached and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Shah_Durrani Shah Shuja] put on the throne.
