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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''
== Synopsis ==
The Bombay Force of British and Indian troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keane,_1st_Baron_Keane [John Keane|Sir John Keane]] left by sea and disembarked at the mouth of the Indus at the end of November 1838.<br>
The Bengal Army of British and Indian troops under [[Willoughby Cotton|Maj-Gen Sir Willoughby Cotton]] set out from [[Ferozepore]] in the Punjab in December 1838. It reached [[Quetta]] at the end of March 1839 where Sir John Keane from the Bombay Force took command. At the end of April the army reached [[Kandahar]] which was taken without a battle.<br>
The Bombay Army reached [[Quetta]] on 20 April and joined the Bengal Army at [[Kandahar]] on 14 May.<br>
