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== The Army of Retribution ==
'''Left Column (to crown the heights)'''<br>
''Lieut-Col Moseley commanding''
*Two Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Seven Coys [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Native Infantry]] under Maj Hoggan
*Three Coys [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]] under Capt Napleton
*Four & a half Coys [[64th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Col Moseley*One & a half Coys HM [[9th Regiment of Foot]] under Col Moseley
*Torabaz Khan’s auxiliaries<br>
'''Centre Column'''<br>
''Advance Guard under Brigadier Wild''<br>
*Grenadier Coy 9th Queen’s Regiment
*One Coy [[26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
'''Right Column (to crown the heights)'''
''Lieut-Col Taylor, 9th Foot commanding''
*Two Coys [[9th Regiment of Foot]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+From+causes+to+this+moment+unexplained,&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Pollock's march from Peshawar] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+Whatever+embarrassments+may+have+lain+in+the+way&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842)'' - Pollock sets out] by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)
