With 2 Infantry Brigade arriving on 10 May, Fowler launched an attack on 11 May, driving Afghan forces to retreat towards Loe Dakka. The retreating Afghans were bombed by 31 Squadron aircraft. British casualties were eight killed and 31 wounded, while Afghan losses were about 100 killed and 300 wounded.

Jan 15, 2020 · On 13 May, the British advanced into Afghanistan as far as Loe Dakka, where they were counter-attacked by Afghan forces, but these were beaten off. The British then held at Dakka, considering their options for advancing further into Afghanistan, to …

Apr 22, 1985 · Meanwhile, Soviet helicopter gunships, during a particularly cruel four days in March, bombed and strafed the villages of Loe Dakka, Lalpur, Kama Dakka, Hureko, Ghani Khel, and Pekha Khwar.

The camp at Dakka, 1919 (c) Photograph, 3rd Afghan War, 1919 (c). Dakka was initially occupied by the British on 13 May 1919, but Brigadier-General Guy Baldwin's choice of camp location, near Loe Dakka, was poorly suited for defence and he failed to secure the surrounding heights.

Aug 1, 2019 · On the Khyber, having pushed back the initial Afghan invasion, on 13th and 14th May 1919 the British advanced into Afghanistan to Loe Dakka. Meanwhile 22nd Battery, having recovered from policing operations in the Punjab to Rawalpindi, was warned for …

Notes: A good war diary which lists the British officers who departed with the 2nd Battalion 34th Sikh Pioneers for Jamrud on 9 May 1919. Also stated the number of casualties each month, wounded, evacuated etc. There is a sketch map of a section of road between Landi Kotal and Loe Dakka which the Battalion worked on with notes.

On the outbreak of the 3rd Afghan War 1919, it deployed with the 2nd (Nowshera) Brigade to Jamrud and took part in in the Battle of Bagh Springs and advance into Afghanistan to Loe Dakka from where it provided piqueting and road protection.

Nov 20, 2010 · Two days after the battle, 1/XIGR formed part of the advance guard for the move of the 2nd Brigade to Loe Dakka. The next two and a half months were spent at Landi Khana on routine piqueting and road protection duties.

Loe Dakka (Loe Dakka) is a populated place (class P - Populated Place) in Wilayat-e Nangarhar (Nangarhar), Afghanistan (Asia) with the region font code of Russia/ Central Asia. It is located at an elevation of 415 meters above sea level.

Dakka was initially occupied by the British on 13 May 1919, but Brigadier-General Guy Baldwin's choice of camp location, near Loe Dakka, was poorly suited for defence and he failed to secure the surrounding heights.