Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 3. Sept. 1879
- Art
- Belagerung
- Koordinaten
- 34.53° N, 69.17° E
- Description
- 1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
The siege of the British Residency in Kabul was a military engagement of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The British resident, Sir Louis Cavagnari, and his escort were massacred after an 8-hour siege by mutinous Afghan troops inside their Residency in Kabul. This event triggered the second phase of the war, during which an Anglo-Indian army invaded Afghanistan and captured Kabul.
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