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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts [Frederick Roberts|Lt Gen Frederick Roberts]]
|commander2= Mohammed Jan
|strength1=7,000 British and Indians
[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kabul-1879.htm The Battle of Kabul 1879] BritishBattles.com<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Sherpur_Cantonment Siege of Sherpur Cantonment] Wikipedia
==== Historical books on-line ====
''Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts od Kandahar 1900 [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00robe#page/n542/mode/1up Plan of the defences of Sherpur] archive.org
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