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[[Category:Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War1839-42]]
|date=15 September 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Shahr Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan]
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott [William Nott|General Sir William Nott]] |commander2=Shams al-ud-Din
|strength1=
|strength2=12,000 men
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
As General Nott approached [[Kabul]] there was a further confrontation with the forces of Shams-ud-Din. There was a running engagement during the march to Maidan valley. Artillery fire finally deterred the enemy who withdrew. The remainder of the route to Kabul was unmolested.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>[http://wwwbooks.somersetgoogle.govco.uk/archivesbooks?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:/sli/1afghanwww.htm Somerset Record Office oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Sir Willliam Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography==== Historical books on- 1st Afghan Warline ====''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=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan9owySbGlE5bMzQS7up Colonel Stacy'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]Google Books<br> [http[Category://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]
