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An army of British and Indian troops set out from the Punjab in December 1838. They reached Quetta in March and took Kandahar without a battle in April. Ghazni was taken in July and Kabul reached in August.
== Sir John Keane's Army ==
'''British'''<br>
*[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
*[[16th Lancers]] now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]] now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]], Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)<br>
'''Indian'''<br>
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*3rd [[Skinner’s Horse]]
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Lancers]]
*34th [[Poona Horse]]
*3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
*Shah Shujah’s Regiment
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] later the Munster Fusiliers
*[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*27th Bengal Native Infantry
*[[2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
*42nd Bengal Native Infantry
*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]] later the 119th Multan Regiment
'''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
*2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]
[[Category:1st Afghan War]]
== Sir John Keane's Army ==
'''British'''<br>
*[[4th Hussars]] now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
*[[16th Lancers]] now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]] now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]], Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)<br>
'''Indian'''<br>
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*3rd [[Skinner’s Horse]]
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Lancers]]
*34th [[Poona Horse]]
*3rd [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]]
*Shah Shujah’s Regiment
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] later the Munster Fusiliers
*[[2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*27th Bengal Native Infantry
*[[2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
*42nd Bengal Native Infantry
*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|43rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Bombay Infantry]] later the 119th Multan Regiment
'''Indian Sappers and Miners'''<br>
*2nd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*3rd Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*1st Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]
[[Category:1st Afghan War]]
