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[[Category:Battles]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Afghan War]]
|date=13 December 1879
|location=Takht-i-Shah, Kabul, Afghanistan|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.552122,69.149879&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.551932°N 69.146323°E]
|result=British withdrawal
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Maj Gen Frederick Roberts]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Lt Col Thomas Baker]
|commander2=Unknown tribal leaders
|strength1=
|strength2=
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|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=36MmeazEJrAC&pg=PA103&dq=Takht-i-Shah&as_brr=1&ei=tauISIfbG6DoigGNiojoAQ&sig=ACfU3U0gFDvEg5rFFaemSBb5NQhajHkiSQ Google Books - Assault on Takht-i-Shah]
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
