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[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=23 July 1839 
|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 victory 
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes 
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015207/ Lieut Gen Sir John Keane]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dost_Mohammed_Khan Dost Mohammed Khan] 
|strength1=9,500 Bengal Army<br>5,000 Bombay Army<br>6,000 Shah Shujah's Army
|strength2=3,500 garrison
|casualties1=18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded
|casualties2=500 killed
}}

''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni#British_Order_of_Battle British Order of Battle] Wikipedia''
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni Wikipedia - Battle of Ghazni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Ghuznee&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA357,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]
<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Ghuznee]

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