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The Second Battle of Charasiab was fought on 25 April 1880 between the British Empire and Afghan tribesmen, during the
Second Anglo-Afghan War
The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...
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Charasiab is a small town south of
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
. In April 1880 a 1,200 strong force under Colonel Jenkins, including a half-battalion of the
92nd Highlanders, was sent from Kabul to Charasiab, to protect a supply column sent there to meet Lieutenant-General
Stewart's division travelling from Kandahar to Kabul.
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On the evening of the 24 April, Jenkins saw that his Charasiab position was about to be attacked by a large force of Logar tribesmen. In response, an additional force under Brigadier-General Macpherson was sent from Kabul, consisting of six guns, a troop of the 3rd Punjab Cavalry and 962 Infantry, while Brigadier-General Hugh Gough, with four guns and a cavalry brigade, took up a position half-way between Kabul and Charasiab.]
On the morning of the 25 April, Colonel Jenkins' force was surrounded by attacking tribesmen – around 4,000 by British estimates – kept at bay by steady fire. At 1:00 p.m. Macpherson’s force arrived and immediately attacked the Afghans who were routed, and then pursued by the cavalry and horse artillery for four miles. The battle was over by 4:00 p.m.
Order of battle
Units present included:
*9th Lancers
The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, including the First and Second World Wars. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but w ...
(1 squadron)[ (Accessed 10 October 2020)]
* 92nd Highlanders (half-battalion)
* 3rd Punjab Cavalry (one troop)[
* 2nd Gurkhas (1 company)
]
See also
* Battle of Charasiab, 6 October 1879
References
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Conflicts in 1880
1880 in Afghanistan
Battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Battles involving the United Kingdom
Battles involving Afghanistan
History of Kabul Province
April 1880 events