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Amend presidency. Add field force
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=14 December 1879
|location=Asmai Heights, Kabul, Afghanistan|presidency=[[Bengal]] not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.552122,69.149879&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.551932°N 69.146323°E]
|result=British withdrawal
|casualties2=
}}
== Assault force ==
*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd Seaforth Highlanders]]
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Guides Infantry]]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=36MmeazEJrAC&pg=PA106&dq=Asmai+Heights&as_brr=1&ei=DhqaR7nHKZS6iQGYwvjFAQ&sig=3c8xjZriInnED9hJjJdzwTOHQxA#PPA105,M1 Google Books - Assault on Asmai Heights]Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Vousden William Vousden's VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_George_Hammond Arthur Hammond' VC] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
