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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Colonel Stacy's Account]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA253&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA253,M1 Google Books - Capt Neill's Account]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/  Sir Willliam Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
==== Historical books on-line ====
''Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment'' by J Martin Bladen Neill 1845 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA253&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA253,M1 Capt Neill's Account] Google Books<br>''Narrative of services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the years 1840, 1841 & 1842'' by Col Louis Robert Stacy 1848 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7up Colonel Stacy's Account],  [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 General Knott's Despatch] Google Books<br>
 
[[Category:Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]

Revision as of 08:39, 1 May 2010

Battle of Maidan 1842
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 15 September 1842
Location: Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.449971°N 68.783466°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Sir William Nott Shams-ud-Din
Strength
12,000 men
Casualties

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Sir Willliam Nott Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Historical books on-line

Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment by J Martin Bladen Neill 1845 Capt Neill's Account Google Books
Narrative of services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the years 1840, 1841 & 1842 by Col Louis Robert Stacy 1848 Colonel Stacy's Account, General Knott's Despatch Google Books