The casualties incurred were:
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| Royal Artillery | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| 51st K.O. Yorkshire L.I. | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 14th Sikhs | - | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 20th Punjabis | - | - | - | 1 |
| 27th Punjabis | 2 | - | 4 | 6 |
Kuram Valley Field Force.
Major-General F. S. Roberts, V.C., C.B., commanding.
Cavalry Brigade—Brigadier-General Hugh Gough, V.C., C.B.: One squadron 10th Hussars, 12th and 25th Cavalry.
Commanding Royal Artillery—Colonel A. H. Lindsay: One horse, one field, and two mountain batteries.
First Infantry Brigade—Brigadier-General A. H. Cobbe: 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment, 23rd Pioneers, 29th Punjabis, and 58th Vaughan's Rifles.
Second Infantry Brigade—Brigadier-General J. B. Thelwall: 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders), 21st Punjabis, 56th Rifles, and 5th Gurkhas.
The Central, or Kuram Valley, Field Force assembled at Kohat, and advanced up the Thull Valley to be ready to cross the frontier on November 21. The Afghans were known to be holding the Peiwar Kotal in force, but the approaches to this position were well known, having been accurately surveyed many years before by Sir Frederick Roberts, predecessor in the post of Quartermaster-General Sir Peter Lumsden. A frontal attack was out of the question, and there were elements of weakness in Sir Frederick Roberts's army. One of his British regiments was dangerously weak, both in physique and in numbers, and one of his native regiments was disaffected. However, this did not deter the officer, who throughout his career had ever displayed, not only great personal gallantry, but quickness of decision and a long-acquired habit of accepting to the full all responsibility in cases of doubt. The frontier was crossed on the exact date, the Peiwar Kotal reconnoitred, its defences accurately estimated, and on December 2 the Kuram route was in our hands.