Battle of Peiwar Kotal

The Battle of Peiwar Kotal was fought on 2 December 1878 between British forces under Major General Frederick Roberts and Afghan forces under Karim Khan, during the opening stages of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The British were victorious, and seized the strategic Peiwar Kotal Pass leading into the interior of Afghanistan.

2nd battalion,

8th King's Regiment

(half-battalion)

72nd Highlanders

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Allen Lane

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Spink & Son

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Pan MacMillan

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General Robert's dispatch for the Battle of Peiwar Kotal

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Forty-one Years in India

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