1st Afghan War Timeline

1838
		THE INVASION
16	July	Simla Manifesto
21	November	Bombay Army left Bombay
10	December	Bengal Army left Ferozepore
1839
25	April	Bengal Army occupied Kandahar
14	May	Bombay Army reached Kandahar
27	June	Combined Army left Kandahar
23	July	Gen Keane stormed Ghazni
27	July	Col Wade took Ali Masjid Fort
7	August	Shah Shuja entered Kabul
3	September	Col Wade & Muhammad Timur entered Kabul
18	September	Bombay Division left Kabul for the Bolan Pass
15	October	Bengal Division left Kabul for the Khyber Pass
26	October	Gen Nott left Quetta for Kandahar
13	November	Gen Willshire captured Kalat Gen Nott reached Kandahar
1840
11	May	Kahan besieged
16	May	Ghilzies defeated at Tazee
18	September	Dost Mohammed defeated at Bameean
2	November	Dost Mohammed defeated the British at Purwandurrah
4	November	Dost Mohammed surrendered and was exiled to India
1	December	Baluchis defeated at Battle of Kotra
1841
		THE OCCUPATION
29	May	Ghilzais defeated by Wymer at Eelmee
3	July	Aktar Khan defeated by Woodburn at Girishk
5	August	Aktar Khan defeated by Chambers at Karootoo
17	August	Aktar Khan defeated by Griffin at Khawind
9	October	Sale left Kabul for Jalalabad
11	October	Sale forced the Khoord-Kabul Pass
22	October	Sale's action at Tezin
29	October	Sale's action at Jugdulluk
30	October	Sale's action at Gundamak
2	November	Woodburn's force destroyed at Syadabad
2	November	Start of the Kabul Uprising
4	November	Loss of Kabul commissariat fort
10	November	Storming of the Rika-bashi Fort Kabul
12	November	Sale besieged in Jalalabad
13	November	British driven from Charikar
20	November	Shams-ud-Din besieged Ghazni
23	November	British defeated at Bemaru
23	December	William Macnaghten murdered
1842
6	January	Elphinstone's army left Kabul
7	January	Advance to Boothak
8	January	Massacre in Khoord Kabul Pass
10	January	Massacre at Tunghi Tarika
11	January	Further losses at Jugdulluk
12	January	Retreat from Jugdulluk
12	January	Atta Mohammed Khan defeated at Killu-l-Shah
6	March	Ghazni surrendered to Shams-ud-Din
9	March	Khelat-i-Ghilzai besieged
10	March	Attack on Kandahar
25	March	Afghans defeated at Baba Wullee
28	March	Gen England defeated at Hykulzye
4	April	Shah Shujah murdered
5	April	Pollock's army forced the Khyber Pass
8	April	Sale defeated the Afghans at Jalalabad
14	April	Pollock's army reached Jalalabad
26	April	Gen. England left Quetta for Kandahar
10	May	Gen. England's force reached Kandahar
21	May	Khelat-i-Ghilzai relieved
29	May	Aktar Khan defeated outside Kandahar
17	June	Raid on the Shinwarree Valley
26	July	Actions at Mazeena
		THE WITHDRAWAL
9	August	Gen. Nott left Kandahar for Kabul
10	August	Gen. England left Kandahar for Quetta
20	August	Gen. Pollock left Jalalabad for Kabul
24	August	Hadji Ali defeated at Mamoo Khail
28	August	British mauled at Mookoor
30	August	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Ghoaine
6	September	General Nott captured Ghazni
8	September	Ghilzais defeated at Jugdulluk Crest
9-11	September	Actions from Gundamak to Tezeen
12	September	Akbar Khan defeated at Tezeen
14	September	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Benee Budam
15	September	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Maidan
15	September	Pollock's army reached Kabul
15	September	Shams-ud-Din defeated at Maidan
29	September	Afghans defeated at Istalif
12	October	Pollock's army left Kabul
14 & 15	October	Action at the Huft Kotal
18	October	Action at Jugdulluk Pass
22	October	Pollock arrived at Jalalabad
25	October	Pollock arrived at Peshawar
12	November	Nott arrived at Peshawar