Battle of Kandahar (1880)

Battle of Kandahar
Part of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Kandahar: 92nd Highlanders storming Gundi Mulla Sahibdad, Richard Caton Woodville
Date1 September 1880
Location
Kandahar, Afghanistan
31°37′N 65°43′E / 31.617°N 65.717°E / 31.617; 65.717
Result British Victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 India		 Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders

Sir Frederick Roberts

Henry Francis Brooke  †		 Ayub Khan
Strength
10,000 13,000
Casualties and losses
100 killed
218 wounded		 1,000 killed
2,000 wounded

The Battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880, was the last major conflict of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan was fought between the British forces under command of General Roberts and the Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan. It ended with a decisive British victory over Afghan forces. Ayub Khan, who lost his entire artillery, vast quantities of ammunition, and about 1,000 men killed, became a fugitive along with the small remnants of his army.

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