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Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914)  General Roberts' British victory over the Ayoub Khan in September 1880, at the relief of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Following a 23-day march from Kabul to Kandahar, Roberts' forces decisively defeated the Afghan army, ending the Second Afghan War of 1878–80. | British field marshal. During the Afghan War of 1878–80 he occupied Kabul, and during the Second South African War 1899–1902 he made possible the annexation of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. KCB in 1878, Baron in 1892, Earl in 1900. |
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