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Setting out
== Summary ==
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under Sir John Keane left by sea at the end of November and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br>
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under Sir Willoughby Cotton set out from [[FerozporeFerozepore]] 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 Shah Shuja put on the throne.
== Itinerary ==
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'''Bombay Force'''<br>
1839
*23 July Stormed Ghazni
* 7 August Shah Shujah enters Kabul
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== Sir John Keane's Combined Army ==
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'''British'''<br>
*[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars*[[16th Lancers]] now the Queen’s Royal Lancers*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment*[[13th Regiment of Foot]] now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry*[[17th Regiment of Foot]], Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)<br>
'''Indian'''<br>
*3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|Shah Shujah’s Regiment]]
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] later the Munster Fusiliers
*[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]] later the 119th Multan Regiment
'''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
*2nd CompanyCoy, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]*3rd CompanyCoy, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]*1st CompanyCoy, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]</div>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]
[[Category:1st Afghan War| Invasion of the HEIC Army]]
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army| Invasion of the HEIC Army]]
