Timeline Tuesday 27 July 1880

Events on Tuesday 27 July 1880 1

• 1880 Battle of Maiwand Afghan forces rout a British-Indian brigade During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Ayub Khan's Afghan army defeated a British-Indian force near Maiwand on 27 July 1880, inflicting heavy casualties. The defeat led to the famous relief march and siege at Kandahar. It remains one of the war's most studied engagements.