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Rh vinces, decided to withdraw a part of the invading army, leaving strong garrisons at Kábul and Kandahár, Ghazní, and Jalálábád. The Bombay column under General Willshire was to march down to Sind by way of Khelát, while Keane with a few of his Bengal regiments and batteries would return homeward through the Kháibar and the Punjab. The army of occupation, nearly 10,000 strong, was to be commanded by Sir Willoughby Cotton; while Major-General Nott of the Bengal Army was ordered up from Quetta to command the troops at Kandahár.