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== Spelling Variants == | == Spelling Variants == | ||
| + | Modern name: Botkhak/ Bot Khak<br> | ||
| + | Variants: Boothak/Bootkhak/Buta-i-Khak<br> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm Retreat to Gandamak] British Battles<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7HiD3uJ6-wsC&pg=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Conflict at Bootkhak] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n278/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson'' - Action at Buta-i-Khak] www.archive.org | ||
[[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Boothak, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Boothak, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Boothak]] | [[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Boothak]] | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 13 January 2010
| Action at Boothak | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 7 January 1842 | |
| Location: | Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.499263°N 69.352971°E | |
| Result: | British retreat | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brigadier John Shelton | Akbar Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Botkhak/ Bot Khak
Variants: Boothak/Bootkhak/Buta-i-Khak
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Retreat to Gandamak British Battles
Conflict at Bootkhak Google Books
Historical books on-line
The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson - Action at Buta-i-Khak www.archive.org
