Battle of Killu-l-Shah

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Battle of Killu-l-Shah
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
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 Khan
Prince Suttur Jung
Strength
3,500 5,000-8,000
Casualties

Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundaub

Nott's Force

Right Column
Colonel MacLaren
HM 40th Infantry
HM 2nd Infantry
HM 16th Infantry

Left Column
HM 38th Infantry
One wing 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
5th Shah's Infantry
Two troops Anderson's(Shah's) Horse Artillery 6 Six pounders
Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) 9 Four pounders
Leeson's Horse
Haldane's Horse

External Links

Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Google Books - Battle of Killa-chuk
Google Books - Memoir of Maj-Gen Rawlinson
Google Books - Captain Neill's Account
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Maj Gen Sir William Nott

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