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2 unusual facts about Peshawar Valley Field Force


Peshawar Valley Field Force

Sir Samuel J. Browne (Overall Command of the Peshawar Valley Field Force)

The Peshawar Valley Field Force was a British field force of around 12,000 men, a mix of both British regiments and Indian regiments, under the command of Sir Samuel J. Browne during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880).



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Ali Masjid

During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Peshawar Valley Field Force under General Sir Samuel Browne, during the advance on Kabul in 1878, captured this fort which was held by the Afghans under Faiz Muhammad.