Kabul–Kandahar Field Force

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The Kabul–Kandahar Field Force was a British Indian Army column led by General Frederick Roberts during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, famed for its rapid march from Kabul to relieve Kandahar in 1880.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian Army field force ⓘ
military column ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roberts’s Kabul–Kandahar Field Force ⓘ
associatedEventDate August 1880 ⓘ
associatedWith Roberts’s march to Kandahar ⓘ
relief of besieged British and Indian troops at Kandahar ⓘ
belligerentAgainst Afghan forces ⓘ
forces of Ayub Khan ⓘ
campaign Kandahar relief operations ⓘ
commander Frederick Roberts ⓘ
commanderAward Victoria Cross recipient commander (Frederick Roberts) ⓘ
commanderName Frederick Sleigh Roberts ⓘ
commanderRank Major General ⓘ
conflict Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
distanceMarched approximately 300 miles ⓘ
endPointOfMarch Kandahar ⓘ
engagement Battle of Kandahar ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
legacy celebrated example of rapid strategic marching in Victorian warfare ⓘ
locationFormed Kabul ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army artillery ⓘ
British Indian Army cavalry ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

British Indian Army infantry ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
notableCharacteristic long-distance march through difficult terrain ⓘ
speed of advance ⓘ
notableFor rapid march from Kabul to Kandahar in 1880 ⓘ
objective relief of Kandahar garrison ⓘ
operationalStatus disbanded after completion of Kandahar relief ⓘ
partOf British forces in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Kabul Field Force operations ⓘ
purpose to confront Ayub Khan’s army near Kandahar ⓘ
result British victory at Kandahar ⓘ
successful relief of Kandahar ⓘ
role field operations in southern Afghanistan ⓘ
startPointOfMarch Kabul ⓘ
theater Afghanistan ⓘ
year 1880 ⓘ

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Battle of Kandahar (1880) → RobertsForce → Kabul–Kandahar Field Force ⓘ
Kabul–Kandahar Field Force → alsoKnownAs → Roberts’s Kabul–Kandahar Field Force ⓘ
linked to: Kabul–Kandahar Field Force
Kurram Valley Field Force operations → followedBy → Kabul Field Force operations ⓘ
linked to: Kabul–Kandahar Field Force