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[[Category:Battles|Ghanzi 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Ghazni, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]
|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
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj gen Sir William Nott]
|commander2=Shumshoodeen
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<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]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_EJJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=General+Nott&ei=vU9ySOLDIIeStgPwq6CRDg#PPA82,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]
