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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Following continued unrest around [[Kabul]], the eastern Ghilzai tribes had blocked the passes on the route to India. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale] was to march to winter quarters in [[Jalalabad]] clearing the opposition on the way. On 9 October 1841 an advance party of [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Native Infantry]] under [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007921/ Col. Thomas Monteath] left for Bootkhak followed by the [[13th Regiment of Foot|13th Foot]] on 11 October. Gen. Sale took the whole force forward in stages fighting actions at  [[Action at Boothak 1841|Boothak]], [[Khoord Kabul Pass 1841|Khoord-Kabul Pass]] and [[Battle of Jugdulluk Crest 1841|Jugdulluk]] and sustaining considerable losses. He reached Jellalabad on 12 November where he was  to remain besieged until April 1842.
The Government in [[Calcutta]] on advice from the Envoy in [[Kabul]] decided to reduce the payments made to the tribes to keep the passes from [[Peshawar]] to Kabul open. This caused the eastern Ghilzai tribes to block the passes cutting the route to India. [[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Robert Sale]] was to march to winter quarters in [[Jalalabad]] clearing the opposition on the way. On 9 October 1841 an advance party of [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Native Infantry]] under [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007921/ Col. Thomas Monteath] left for Bootkhak followed by the [[13th Regiment of Foot|13th Foot]] on 11 October. Gen. Sale took the whole force forward in stages fighting actions at  [[Action at Boothak 1841|Boothak]], [[Action on the March to Tezin|Tezin]] and [[Battle of Jugdulluk Crest 1841|Jugdulluk]] and sustaining considerable losses. He reached [[Siege of Jalalabad|Jalalabad]] on 12 November where he was  to remain [[Siege of Jalalabad|besieged]] until April 1842.
 
==Related articles ==
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
{|
|[[Action from Boothak to Khoord-Kabul]]
|10-12 October 1841
|-
|[[Action on the March to Tezin]]
|22 October 1841
|-
|[[Action on the March to Jugdulluk]]
|29 October 1841
|-
|[[Action on the March to Gundamak]]
|30 October 1841
|-
|[[Action on the March to Jalalabad]]
|11-12 November 1841
|-
|[[Siege of Jalalabad]]
|13 November 1841-14 April 1842
|-
|[[Battle of Jalalabad]]
|7 April 1842
|}
 
== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
'''Advance Guard'''
'''Advance contingent'''
* [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Bengal Native Infantry]] 800 bayonets under Col Thomas Monteath
* [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Col Monteath
*100 Shah Shuja's Sappers under Capt George Broadfoot RE
*One Coy of [[13th Regiment of Foot]]
*100 [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja's]] Sappers under Capt G Broadfoot
* One squadron 5th Cavalry under Capt Oldfield
* One squadron 5th Cavalry under Capt Oldfield
*Two 6-pounder guns of Capt Abbott's Battery under Lieut Dawes
*Two guns of Capt Abbott's Battery under Lieut Dawes
'''Main Force'''
'''Reinforcements'''
*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]] 800 bayonets
*Two guns European Horse Artillery under Lieut Walker
*[[37th Regiment of Foot|37th Regiment]] under Maj Griffiths
*37th Native Infantry under Major Griffiths
*Mountain Train Battery under Capt Backhouse
*Captain Backhouse's mountain train
*300 additional Sappers
*Captain Abbott's battery
*100 Anderson’s Irregular Horse under [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/palehorse.htm Lieut William Mayne]
*100 Anderson’s Irregular Horse under [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/palehorse.htm Lieut William Mayne]


== Biographies ==
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/53/mode/1up Captain George Broadfoot] (1807-1845)]<br>  
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/53/mode/1up Captain George Broadfoot (1807-1845)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/280/mode/1up/search/Mayne (1818-1855)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/261/mode/1up George Macgregor (1810-1883)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/280/mode/1up/search/ William Mayne (1818-1855)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas)  (1787-1868)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas)  (1787-1868)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UFZEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=Monteath+1841&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=hc0rSoOaCoTyzQTTy_WnBw#PPA9,M1 Sale's March] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UFZEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=Monteath+1841&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=hc0rSoOaCoTyzQTTy_WnBw#PPA9,M1 Sale's March] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D1I_RYwuye4C&pg=PA10&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+The+35th+N.I.,+commanded+by+Col.+Monteath&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Lady Florentia Sale's Journal] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D1I_RYwuye4C&pg=PA10&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+The+35th+N.I.,+commanded+by+Col.+Monteath&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Lady Florentia Sale's Journal] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad''  by George Robert Gleig 1846] Google Books<br>
 
== Historical books on-line ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA75&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan+The+time+was+now+come+when&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad''  by George Robert Gleig 1846] Google Books<br>
 
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This was an event during the 1st Afghan War

Summary

The Government in Calcutta on advice from the Envoy in Kabul decided to reduce the payments made to the tribes to keep the passes from Peshawar to Kabul open. This caused the eastern Ghilzai tribes to block the passes cutting the route to India. Maj-Gen Robert Sale was to march to winter quarters in Jalalabad clearing the opposition on the way. On 9 October 1841 an advance party of 35th Native Infantry under Col. Thomas Monteath left for Bootkhak followed by the 13th Foot on 11 October. Gen. Sale took the whole force forward in stages fighting actions at Boothak, Tezin and Jugdulluk and sustaining considerable losses. He reached Jalalabad on 12 November where he was to remain besieged until April 1842.

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Action from Boothak to Khoord-Kabul 10-12 October 1841
Action on the March to Tezin 22 October 1841
Action on the March to Jugdulluk 29 October 1841
Action on the March to Gundamak 30 October 1841
Action on the March to Jalalabad 11-12 November 1841
Siege of Jalalabad 13 November 1841-14 April 1842
Battle of Jalalabad 7 April 1842

Field Force

Advance contingent

Reinforcements

  • Two guns European Horse Artillery under Lieut Walker
  • 37th Native Infantry under Major Griffiths
  • Captain Backhouse's mountain train
  • 300 additional Sappers
  • Captain Abbott's battery
  • 100 Anderson’s Irregular Horse under Lieut William Mayne

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Captain George Broadfoot (1807-1845)
George Macgregor (1810-1883)
William Mayne (1818-1855)
Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (1787-1868)
Robert Sale (1782-1845)

External Links

Sale's March Google Books
Lady Florentia Sale's Journal Google Books

Historical books on-line

Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad by George Robert Gleig 1846 Google Books

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