Battle of Maiwand

Battle of Maiwand
Part of Second Anglo-Afghan War

"Maiwand: Saving the Guns". Royal Horse Artillery withdrawing from Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand, painted by Richard Caton Woodville
Date27 July 1880
Location
Maiwand, Afghanistan
Result Afghan victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom British Empire

Afghanistan Emirate of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom George Burrows Afghanistan Ayub Khan
Strength
2,476 British/Indian troops 25,000 Afghan warriors
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed[1] Unknown, estimates from 2,000—5,000[2]

The Battle of Maiwand (Dari: نبرد میوند, Pashto: د ميوند جگړه), fought on 27 July 1880, was one of the principal battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Under the leadership of Ayub Khan, the Afghan forces defeated a much smaller British force consisting of two brigades of British and Indian troops under Brigadier-General George Burrows, albeit at a high price: between 2,050 and 2,750 Afghan warriors were killed, and probably about 1,500 wounded.[3] British and Indian forces suffered 1,200 dead.

  1. ^ Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 380. ISBN 9781789140101.
  2. ^ Robson 2007, p. 239.
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