 In May 1919 the Third Afghan War broke out as Afghanistan decided to exploit the very war-weary condition of the British by launching an invasion by 50,000 troops of British India.On 3 May the town of Bagh, situated on the British side of the Khyber Pass, was occupied by the Afghans and they fought off an immediate attempt to remove them.On 11 May Fowler, commanding the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the First Infantry Division of the Indian Army, led a second attempt to recapture Bagh.