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== Summary ==
After a winter in Jellalabad Shah Shuja, restored as Amir of Afghanistan, returned to Kabul in the spring of 1841 with Sir Wiliam Macnaghten as British Envoy and Minister at the Afghan Court. A reduced force of British and Indian troops moved out of the Bala Hissar fortress into a cantonment where their families joined them. The cantonment was poorly located and difficult to defend<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AWREAAAAIAAJ&q=The+Kabul+insurrection+of+1841-42+Shah+Lieutenant+Warburton+cantonment+surrounding+country&dq=The+Kabul+insurrection+of+1841-42+Shah+Lieutenant+Warburton+cantonment+surrounding+country&cd=1] Eyre's description in The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42</ref>
== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Lady Sale"'' by P MacRory 1958 ISBN 0208008306<br>  
''"Lady Sale"'' by P MacRory 1958 ISBN 0208008306<br>  
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42''] by Maj-Gen Sir Vincent Eyre 1879 (archive.org)
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42''] by Maj-Gen Sir Vincent Eyre 1879 (archive.org)


==Refernces==
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[[Category:Battles|Kabul Uprising]]
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Revision as of 09:35, 31 March 2010

Kabul Uprising
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 2-23 November 1841
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.528456°N 69.171705°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
British & Indians Afghans
Commanders
Maj Gen William Elphinstone Mohammed Akbar Khan
Strength
Casualties

Summary

After a winter in Jellalabad Shah Shuja, restored as Amir of Afghanistan, returned to Kabul in the spring of 1841 with Sir Wiliam Macnaghten as British Envoy and Minister at the Afghan Court. A reduced force of British and Indian troops moved out of the Bala Hissar fortress into a cantonment where their families joined them. The cantonment was poorly located and difficult to defend[1]

Recommended Reading

"Lady Sale" by P MacRory 1958 ISBN 0208008306
"W. Bryden's Account" by P MacRory 1969

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak BritishBattles.com
The Battle of Kabul 1842 BritishBattles.com
Map of Kabul Cantonment www.history.navy.mil

Historical Books on-line

The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42 by Maj-Gen Sir Vincent Eyre 1879 (archive.org)

Refernces

  1. [1] Eyre's description in The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42