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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Sir William Nott] | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Sir William Nott] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | + | [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> | ||
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[[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 | ||
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| 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
