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Battle of Landi Kotal
1897
24-25 August 1897
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type of battle

war or event

Great Frontier Rising

at a glance

coordinates unknown

location

modern country

Despite a rebuff for rebellious Pathans at Shabkadr, Afridi and Orakzai tribesmen attacked the Khyber Forts. Ali Masjid and Fort Maude quickly fell, but at Landi Kotal, west of Peshawar, there was fierce fighting before the sepoys of the British Khyber Rifles were overwhelmed. The forts were eventually regained by General Sir William Lockhart after the end of the campaign.


   
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