Battle of Peiwar Kotal

Battle of Peiwar Kotal
Part of Second Anglo-Afghan War

The attack on the Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan, by 5th Gurkha Rifles, December 1878
Vereker Monteith Hamilton, c. 1890
Date2 December 1878
Location
Kurram Valley, Afghanistan
Result British victory
Belligerents

British Empire

Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Major General Frederick Roberts Karim Khan
Strength
73 officers, 3,058 men
13 guns		 4,000–5,000
25 guns
Casualties and losses
21 killed
72 wounded		 200 killed or wounded

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.

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