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'''See 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 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Brig Robert Sale] took the city then captured the citadel.
