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
Date	27 July 1880
Location	Maiwand, Afghanistan
Result	Afghan victory
Belligerents
British Empire India;	Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
George Burrows	Ayub Khan
Strength
2,476 British/Indian troops	25,000 Afghan warriors
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed	Unknown, estimates from 2,000—5,000

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. British and Indian forces suffered 1,200 dead.

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