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#REDIRECT The '''1st Afghan War''' 1839-42. ==Actions==See [[:Category:1st Afghan War]] == Troop Strength ==* 9,500 men Army of the Indus (Bengal) under Maj-Gen Sir Willoughby Cotton<br>* 4,250 men Reserve Division at Ferozpore under Maj-Gen Duncan<br>* 6,000 men Shah Shooja ul Mulk’s Contingent<br>* 5,600 men Bombay Force under HE Lt-Gen Sir John Keane<br>* 3,000 men Bombay Reserve (Sind Force)<br>''28,350 men total to act in Sind & Afghanistan''<br>* 4,800 men The Shahzada’s Force<br>* 6,000 men Sikh Contingent<br>''10,800 men total to move from Peshawar to Kabul''<br> ''39,150 men total to enter Afghanistan'' <br> *10,800 men Sikh Army of Observation at Peshawar <br> '''54,150 men Grand Total'''<br> ==See also==*[[:Category:Battles|FIBIS Battle Index]] == Recommended Reading ==''"First Afghan War"'' by H Durrand 1879 ISBN 818650530X == External Links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Anglo-Afghan War] ''Wikipedia''*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War 1839-42] ''Somerset Record Office'' '''Google Books:'''*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan Vol I (1800-1841) by John William Kaye 1851]*[http://books.google.com/books?id=KdQWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+the+war+in+afghanistan+by+john+william+kaye&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842) by John William Kaye Revised Edition 1858] *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FdUWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Army+of+the+Indus&as_brr=3&ei=GNiqSZLGI4u0NJ_fpIwJ#PPR25,M1 Details of the Army of the Indus] *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FdUWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA423,M1 Table of Routes of Army of the Indus 1838-39] [[Category:1st Afghan War| ]]
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