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|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Suttur Sufder Jung
|strength1=3,500
|strength2=5,000-8,000
|casualties2=
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'''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of UrghundaubUrghundab'''
== Synopsis ==
Prince Sufder Jung, son of 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>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+Atta+Mahomed+attempted&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false History of the Afghan War Vol III] </ref>
== Nott's Force ==
'''Right Column'''<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:1st Afghan War|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
