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[[Category:Battles|Ghanzi 1842, Battle of]]
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|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War1839-42]]
|date=6 September 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E]
|result=British defeat victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj gen [William Nott|General Sir William Nott]]|commander2=Shumshoodeen, Governor of Ghazni
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Having routed Shumsoodeen at Ghoaine, General Nott advanced to Ghazni. The surrounding heights were strongly occupied by the enemy but they were driven off and the tribesmen began to withdraw. The following day the city was occupied without a battle.
== External Links ==
[http://wwwen.somersetwikipedia.gov.uk/archivesorg/sliwiki/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office First_Anglo- Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_EJJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=General+Nott&ei=vU9ySOLDIIeStgPwq6CRDg#PPA82,M1 Capture of Ghazni] Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj Gen Sir William Nott] ODNB ==== Historical books on-line ====[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA234,M1 ''Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment...'' - Captain Neill's Account] Google Books <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA602&dq=Ghuznee&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR- Capture P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol II (1841-1842)'' - Storming Ghuznee] by John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books) [[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1842, Battle of ]][[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni1842, Battle of]][[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
