Siege of the British Residency in Kabul

Quand

3 sept. 1879

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

34.53° N, 69.17° E

Description

1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

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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