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[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|casualties2=500 killed
}}
'''At three o'clock in the morning 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Brig Robert Sale] took the city then captured the citadel.'''<br>
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni#British_Order_of_Battle British Order of Battle] Wikipedia''
