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General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar

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== Field Force from Kabul ==
109,000 986 men and , 8,000 134 camp followers, 1,779 cavalry horses and 450 artillery mules<br>'''CavalryBrigade'''<br>*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]](318 men)*[[3rd Bengal Cavalry]](394 men)*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Bengal 3rd Punjab Cavalry]](408 men)*[[38th Central India Horse|1st Central India Horse]](248 men)*[[39th Central India Horse|2nd Central India Horse]](247 men) '''ArtilleryDivision'''*3 batteries Mountain 6-8th [[Royal Artillery'''Infantry''']] (234 men, 6 screw guns)*2nd Battalion 11-9th [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th RiflesRoyal Artillery]](234 men, 6 guns)*[[72nd Regiment of FootDerajat Mountain Battery|72nd (Duke of Albany’s) HighlandersNo 2 Mountain Artillery]] '''1st Infantry Brigade'''*[[92nd Regiment of Foot|92nd (Gordon) Highlanders]]*[[15th (Ludhiana651 men) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Native InfantryPioneers]](701 men)*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]](575 men)*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkhas]](501 men) '''2nd Infantry Brigade'''*[[4th Gurkha Rifles72nd Regiment of Foot|4th Gurkhas72nd (Duke of Albany’s) Highlanders]](787 men)*[[5th Gurkha Rifles2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas2nd Sikh Infantry]](612 men)*[[2nd 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd 3rd Sikh Infantry]](570 men)*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]] (561 men) '''3rd Infantry Brigade'''*2nd Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]] (616 men)*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry, |15th Sikhs]] (650 men)*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Frontier ForceInfantry|3rd Sikh 25th Punjab Native Infantry]](629 men)*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]] (637 men) '''Followers'''*2,192 doolie bearers*4,698 transport and other departments*1,244 private servants and native cavalry grooms
==Forced March Itinerary ==
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[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/kandahar_march.php Roberts' March] Garen Ewing Article<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar#Relief_column Relief Column] Wikipedia
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
''Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts od Kandahar 1900 [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00robe#page/473/mode/1up March from Kabul] archive.org

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