Timeline September 1879

Events in September 1879 1

• 1879 Massacre of the British Residency in Kabul Afghan troops kill the British envoy and his guard Mutinous Afghan soldiers besieged and overran the British mission in Kabul, killing envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and his entire escort. The massacre reignited the Second Anglo-Afghan War just months after the Treaty of Gandamak had ended its first phase. British forces under General Roberts marched on Kabul in response.