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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 448 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAIWAND , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, 50 M. N.W. of See also:

KANDAHAR

Kandahar. It is chiefly notable for the defeat inflicted on a See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade under See also:

General Burrows by Ayub See also:

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan on the 27th of See also:

JULY

July 188o during the second Afghan See also:

War (see AFGHANISTAN). Ayub Khan, Shere See also:

ALI

Ali's younger son, who had been hglding See also:

HERAT

Herat during the British operations at See also:

KABUL

Kabul and Kandahar, set out towards Kandahar with a small See also:

army in See also:

JUNE

June 188o, and a brigade under General Burrows was detached from Kandahar to oppose him. Burrows advanced to the See also:

HELMUND

Helmund, opposite See also:

GIRISHK

Girishk, to oppose Ayub Khan, but was there deserted by the troops of Shere Ali, the wali of Kandahar, and forced to See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to See also:

KUSHK

Kushk-i-Nakhud, See also:

HALF

half way to Kandahar. In See also:

order to prevent Ayub passing to See also:

GHAZNI

Ghazni, Burrows advanced to Maiwand on the 27th of July, and attacked Ayub, who had already seized that See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. The Afghans, who numbered 25,000, out-flanked the British, the See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery expended their See also:

AMMUNITION

ammunition, and the native portion of the Brigade got out of See also:

hand and pressed back on the few British See also:

INFANTRY

infantry. The British were completely routed, and had to thank the apathy of the Afghans for escaping See also:

TOTAL

total annihilation. Of the 2476 British troops engaged, 934 were killed and 175 wounded or missing. This defeat necessitated See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Frederick See also:

Roberts' famous See also:

march from Kabul to Kandahar. See See also:

Lord Roberts, See also:

FORTY

Forty-one Years in See also:

India (1896).

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