Action at Kalmas
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Action at Kalmas
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The action at Kalmas was a battle between the British Army and a group of guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan in 1916. On 26 September 1916 an action took place at Kalmas, thirty miles north of Nasratabad Sipi, between a small British detachment and some gun-runners moving a convoy of arms towards Afghanistan. 2nd-Lt B. W. Wahl, with 23 sowars of the 23rd Light Cavalry and 36 levies, surprised and attacked the gun-runners. The whole convoy was captured, four of its escort being killed and one take
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