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[[Category:Battles|Kabul, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Kabul, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=15-23 December 1879
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]] not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.528306,69.172341&z=13&t=h&hl=en 34.528306°N 69.172341°E]
|result=British victory
|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= See list of forces7,000 British and Indians|strength2=50,000tribesmen
|casualties1=33
|casualties2=3,000
}}
See also [[Battle of Kabul]]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]The British Empire<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/index.php 2nd Anglo-Afghan War]Garen Ewing website<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/marchtokandahar/regiments_march.php Regiments in the 2nd Afghan War]Garen Ewing website<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kabul-1879.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Kabul 1879]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Sherpur_Cantonment Wikipedia - 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
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:Battles|Sherpur Cantonment, Siege of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Sherpur Cantonment, Siege of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Sherpur Cantonment, Siege of]]
