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[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott [William Nott|Maj Gen -General Sir William Nott]]|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Suttur Sufder Jung
|strength1=3,500
|strength2=5,000-8,000
|casualties2=
}}
'''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of UrghundaubUrghundab'''<br>'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]'''== Synopsis ==Prince Sufder Jung, son of [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja]], defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated.
'''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/memoirofmajorgen00rawlrich#page/94/mode/2up Memoir of Sir Henry Rawlinson] </ref>
== Nott's Force ==
'''Right Column'''<br>
''Colonel MacLaren''
*[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry<br>]]*HM [[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>HM ]]*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Left Column'''
*HM [[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|38th Bengal Native Infantry<br>]]*One wing [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*5th Shah's Infantry
*Two troops Anderson's (Shah's) Horse Artillery Six 6-pounders
*Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) 9 Four Nine 4-pounders
*Leeson's Horse
*Haldane's Horse<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA159,M1 Captain Neill's Account] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj Gen Sir William Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
