An
Army was ordered to enter Afghanistan as follows
Khyber
Force 13 H, A+C/2A, 1/25 1/57 2/45 15 +
10H, S/Engs
Kurram 10 H, D/FA1/25 2/93 MG
Junot
Bolan 10
H, 1/40, 2/60, AHA LG Elliott B/2A
Just before this the strength of all Corps had
been doubled by transferring half the Corps in the Army to others + all Infantry
Regts had an extra B[attalio]n
added from late Corps.
The Khyber column was reviewed at Peshawar on 5th
Nov 1878 crossed the frontier on 2oth + captured Ali Musjide 21st
Nov with a loss of only 90 K[illed] +
wounded + occupied Jellalabad by end of month.
The Kurram force having advanced as far as Pengar
was checked there 22 Dec with a loss of 400 but on the 27th the
Afghan position was carried by a flank assault.
The Bolan column forced the Bolan Pass 30th
Oct + occupied Kandahar 27 Dec.
The Amir having fled + died his successor Yakub
Khan signed peace at Ghandamuk in April 1879 + the army withdrew from Kandahar
+ Jellalabad in May. A Native Brigade from India was brought up + occupied the
ceded territory in the Kurram + a Resident sent to Kabul.
India was now at peace + the Georland subsidy not
being renewed H.I.M. with his forces sailed from India 7th Aug
arriving at Georgetown Castle 26 Sept 1879.
