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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War]
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|date=12 January 1842
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|location=Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
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|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.605985,65.712265&z=10&t=h&hl=en 31.605985°N 65.712265°E] 
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|result=British victory
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|territory=
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|combatant1=British & Indians
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|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
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|commander2=Atta Mahomed
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== External Links ==
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[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=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA404&dq=Killa-chuk&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA404,M1 Google Books - Battle of Killa-chuk]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]

Revision as of 18:15, 5 October 2008

Battle of Killu-l-Shah
Part of 1st Afghan War
Date: 12 January 1842
Location: Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.605985°N 65.712265°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir William Nott Atta Mahomed
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Google Books - Battle of Killa-chuk
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Maj Gen Sir William Nott