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[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk Crest 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk Crest 1842, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=8 September 1842  
|date=8 September 1842  
|location=Jegdalek, Afghanistan
|location=[[Jugdulluk]], [[Afghanistan]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.427737,69.760313&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.427737°N 69.760313°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.427737,69.760313&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.427737°N 69.760313°E]   
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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022478/ Maj Gen George Pollock]
|commander1=[[George Pollock|Maj Gen George Pollock]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan]
|commander2=A number of  Ghilzie chiefs
|strength1=
|strength1=
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== Synopsis ==
Leaving [[Gundamak]] on 7 September, the army approached the [[Jugdulluk]] Pass the following day. They encountered a strong force of Ghilzie tribesmen commanding the heights which were stormed by the 1st Division. Driven back, the enemy took refuge on a high peak but were scattered by two attacking columns. The Ghilzies which had destroyed Elphinstone's army had been comprehensively defeated.
== Field Force ==
'''1st Division under [[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale GCB]]'''
*Two guns 3rd Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery
*Six guns No 6 Light Field Battery
*Three  guns Mountain Train
*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
*One squadron of [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry|1st Light Cavalry]]
*Three resallahs of [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]]
*[[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Foot]]
*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]]
*[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
*[[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Light Infantry]]
*5th Company Sappers
*Broadfoot's Sappers
*Mackeson's Bildars


== 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=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA250&dq=Jugdulluck&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA252,M1 Google Books - Storming Jugdulluck Pass]
[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>
[[Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|Jugdulluk Crest 1842, Battle of]]
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA250&dq=Jugdulluck&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA252,M1 Storming Jugdulluck Pass] Google Books
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA573&dq=Jugdullucka&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol II (1841-1842)'' - Battle of Jugdulluk] by John William Kaye (1851)
 
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jugdulluk Crest 1842, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Jugdulluk Crest 1842, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 16:04, 28 March 2011

Battle of Jugdulluk Crest 1842
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 8 September 1842
Location: Jugdulluk, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.427737°N 69.760313°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen George Pollock A number of Ghilzie chiefs
Strength
Casualties

Synopsis

Leaving Gundamak on 7 September, the army approached the Jugdulluk Pass the following day. They encountered a strong force of Ghilzie tribesmen commanding the heights which were stormed by the 1st Division. Driven back, the enemy took refuge on a high peak but were scattered by two attacking columns. The Ghilzies which had destroyed Elphinstone's army had been comprehensively defeated.

Field Force

1st Division under Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale GCB

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Storming Jugdulluck Pass Google Books

Historical books on-line

History of the War in Afghanistan Vol II (1841-1842) - Battle of Jugdulluk by John William Kaye (1851)

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