A clasp was added to the Afghan medal for this brilliant feat of arms.
Casualties in the Engagements near Kabul, December 11 to 23, 1879.
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| 9th Lancers | 3 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| Royal Artillery | 2 | - | 3 | 8 |
| Roy. Engineers | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 67th Hampshire | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| 72nd Seaforth Highlanders | 2 | 2 | 12 | 39 |
| 92nd Gordon Highlanders | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 12th Bengal C. | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| 14th Lancers | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 25th Cavalry P.F.F. | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Q.O. Corps of Guides | 1 | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 23rd Pioneers | - | - | - | 1 |
| 28th Punjabis | - | - | - | 1 |
| 53rd Sikhs | - | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 58th Vaughan's Rifles | - | - | 4 | 17 |
| 5th Gurkhas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
The complicity of the Amir Yakub Khan in the attack on the Residency was never clearly proved, but it was very evident that he made no attempt to save the lives of the Envoy and his Staff. His desire, therefore, to abdicate was encouraged, and he was deported as a State prisoner to India. His successor, the Amir Abdur Rahman, had been a fugitive on Russian soil for many years, and his hold on the people was but slight. It was deemed advisable to show our strength in those parts of the country where no British army had been seen, and in the month of March, 1880, Sir Donald Stewart, who was in command at Kandahar, left the capital of Southern Afghanistan for Kabul. His force consisted of:
Cavalry Brigade—Brigadier-General C. H. Palliser, C.B.: 19th Fane's Lancers, 21st Daly's Horse, and 22nd Cavalry.
Royal Artillery: One horse, one heavy, and two mountain batteries.
First Infantry Brigade—Brigadier-General R. Barter: 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles, 19th and 25th Punjabis.
Second Infantry Brigade—Brigadier-General R. J. Hughes: 59th (East Lancashire), 15th and 52nd Sikhs, and 3rd Gurkhas.
In all, some 2,000 British and 5,000 native troops.
Leaving Kandahar on the last day of March, Sir Donald found himself attacked by a strong body of Afghans on nearing Ghuznee, and though for a moment things looked threatening, at the end of an hour the enemy were in full retreat, and the name "Ahmad Khel" had been added to the colours of the