The Battle of Peiwar Kotal [I Love History]

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Nearly forgotten now, this battle was General Roberts first victory in the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-80. Fighting an enemy who both outnumbered him and was entrenched in a strong position, he used a combination of a feint attack and double flanking movement to defeat the Afghans and send them back. Roberts was the general Kipling immortalised as 'Bobs'.