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== Summary ==
{{Battlemap|war=2nd Afghan War: First Phase|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00047220fb32be1ba7d65&ll=32.98102,70.795898&spn=7.139265,14.018555&z=7}}
After the refusal of the Afghans to admit a British delegation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Gen Browne] led the first of the invasion forces through the [[Khyber Pass]] to Gandamak fighting the [[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort]] on the way. The presence of overwhelming occupation forces led to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Gandamak Treaty of Gandamak] and Browne withdrew once again to India.
== Peshawar Field Force ==
16,000 troops and 48 guns under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Lt Gen Sir Samuel Browne]
'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878gough.htm Brig Gen Sir Charles Gough]''
*10th Hussars (2 Sqdns)
*11th Probyn's Lancers
*Guides Cavalry
'''Royal Artillery'''<br>
''Colonel W. J. Williams''
*One Horse Battery
*One Field Battery
*Three Heavy Batteries
*Three Mountain Batteries
'''First Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen H. T. Macpherson''
*4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
*20th Brownlow's Punjabis
*4th Gurkhas
'''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen J. A. Tytler VC''
*1st Battalion Leicestershire
*Guides Infantry
*51st Sikhs
'''Third Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen F. Appleyard''
*81st North Lancashire
*14th Sikhs
*27th Punjabis
'''Fourth Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen W. Browne''
*51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
*6th Jat Light Infantry
*45th Sikhs
[[Category:2nd Afghan War]]
{{Battlemap|war=2nd Afghan War: First Phase|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00047220fb32be1ba7d65&ll=32.98102,70.795898&spn=7.139265,14.018555&z=7}}
After the refusal of the Afghans to admit a British delegation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Gen Browne] led the first of the invasion forces through the [[Khyber Pass]] to Gandamak fighting the [[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort]] on the way. The presence of overwhelming occupation forces led to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Gandamak Treaty of Gandamak] and Browne withdrew once again to India.
== Peshawar Field Force ==
16,000 troops and 48 guns under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Lt Gen Sir Samuel Browne]
'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878gough.htm Brig Gen Sir Charles Gough]''
*10th Hussars (2 Sqdns)
*11th Probyn's Lancers
*Guides Cavalry
'''Royal Artillery'''<br>
''Colonel W. J. Williams''
*One Horse Battery
*One Field Battery
*Three Heavy Batteries
*Three Mountain Batteries
'''First Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen H. T. Macpherson''
*4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
*20th Brownlow's Punjabis
*4th Gurkhas
'''Second Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen J. A. Tytler VC''
*1st Battalion Leicestershire
*Guides Infantry
*51st Sikhs
'''Third Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen F. Appleyard''
*81st North Lancashire
*14th Sikhs
*27th Punjabis
'''Fourth Infantry Brigade'''<br>
''Brig Gen W. Browne''
*51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
*6th Jat Light Infantry
*45th Sikhs
[[Category:2nd Afghan War]]
