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[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1842, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|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 defeat victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott [William Nott|General Sir William Nott]] |commander2=Shumshoodeen, Governor of Ghazni
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Having routed Shumsoodeen at Ghoaine, General Nott advanced to Ghazni. The surrounding heights were strongly occupied by the enemy but they were driven off and the tribesmen began to withdraw. The following day the city was occupied without a battle.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<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]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_EJJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=General+Nott&ei=vU9ySOLDIIeStgPwq6CRDg#PPA82,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA234,M1 Google Books - Captain Neill's Account]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ ODNB - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]ODNB
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA234,M1 ''Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment...'' - Captain Neill's Account] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA602&dq=Ghuznee&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol II (1841-1842)'' - Storming Ghuznee] by John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books)
[[Category:Battles|Ghazni 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
