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[[Category:Battles|Ghanzi Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War1839-42]]
|date=23 July 1839
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni [Ghazni]], [[Afghanistan]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E]
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes garrison |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015207/ [John Keane|Lieut Gen Sir John Keane]]|commander2=[http://encommons.wikipediawikimedia.org/wiki/Dost_Mohammed_Khan Dost Mohammed File:Hyder_Khan_of_Ghazni_in_1939-42.jpg Ghulam Hyder Khan] |strength1=9,500 Bengal Army<br>5,000 Bombay Army<br>6,000 Shah Shujah's Army|strength2=3,000500 garrison
|casualties1=18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded
|casualties2=500 killed<br>1,600 prisoners
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]]'''
== Synopsis ==
The Combined Army under [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] set out for [[Kabul]] from [[Kandahar]] and reached [[Ghazni]] on 21 July 1839. At three o'clock in the morning on 23 July a firing party led by [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101008307/ Lt Henry Durand] blew in the Kabul Gate of the Ghazni fortress. Storming parties led by [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007501/ Col William Dennie] and [[Robert Sale|Brig Robert Sale]] took the city then captured the citadel.
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghuznee_Medal Ghuznee Medal] was awarded to those taking part in the attack.
== Storming Forces ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
*[[4th Hussars|4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons]]
*[[16th Lancers|16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry|3rd Skinner’s Horse]]
*[[31st Lancers]]
*[[Poona Horse|34th Poona Horse]]
*[[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk|Shah Shujah’s]] Regiment
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal European Regiment]]
*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|27th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)|19th Bombay Infantry]]
*2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
</div>
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/116/mode/2up William Dennie (1785?-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/127/mode/1up/search/Durand Henry Durand (1812-1871)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]Heritage History<br>*[http://wwwen.somersetwikipedia.gov.ukorg/archiveswiki/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan WarBattle_of_Ghazni Battle of Ghazni]Wikipedia<br>*[httphttps://books.google.cocom.ukau/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJCOwRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dqPA3#v=Brigadier+Sheltononepage&as_brr=1q&eif=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 false Engineer Operations] Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni Wikipedia - Battle of Ghazni]<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Ghuznee&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA357,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]Google Books<br>*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india14_1.html 2nd Foot at Ghazni] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br>*[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm The Battle of Ghuznee] BritishBattles.com - The Battle [[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni, Storming of]][[Category:Invasion of Ghuzneethe HEIC Army]]
