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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=22 October 1842
|date=14 & 15 October 1842
|location=Huft Kotul, Tezin-e Khas, Afghanistan
|location=Huft Kotul, Tezin-e Khas, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=Brig Gen Thomas Monteath]
|commander1=Brig Gen Thomas Monteath<br>Gen William Nott
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|commander2=
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|strength1=
|strength2=
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|casualties1=14 October 5 killed, 9 wounded<br>15 October 24 killed, 37 wounded
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'''For context see main article [[The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
'''For context see main article [[The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
On 14 October Brigadier Monteath commanding the rearguard of General Pollock's brigades retreated through the Huft Kotal (eight hills) under attack by the tribesmen. 


On 15 October General Nott's division made the same passage.


== Sale's Brigade ==
== Monteath's Rearguard==
Force that set out on 22 October
*Capt. Blood's Battery of 9-pounders
*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM Light Infantry]] under Col Dennie CB
*One squadron [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry|1st Light Cavalry]]
*[[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Col Monteath CB
*Three rissallahs [[3rd Irregular Cavalry]]
*[[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|37th Native Infantry]] under Maj Griffiths
*[[31st Regiment of Foot|HM 31st Foot]]
*Squadron of 5th Bengal Cavalry under Capt Oldfield
*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Native Infantry]]
*Artillery under Capt Abbott
*Right wing of [[33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|33rd Native Infantry]]
*Shah's Sappers under Capt George Broadfoot
*Right wing of [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]]
*Shah's Mountain Train under Capt Backhouse
*Pickets of [[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Regiment]]
*Troop 2nd Cavalry under Lieut Mayne
*Pickets of [[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]]
*200 Jezailchis under Jan Fishan Khan
*Pickets of [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
*Pickets of [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Light Infantry]]


== 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>


== Historical books on-line ==
== Historical books on-line ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan+It+was+still+dark+on+the+morning&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan'' - The March to Tezeen] by Rev. G.R.Gleig 1846 (Google Books)
''Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents" by Joachim Hayward Stocquele 1893 (Google Books)<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA291&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan+great+delay+created+by+the+captured+guns&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Monteath's despatch]<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA295&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan+sent+200+sepoys+and+a+wing+of+her&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Nott's despatch]<br>


[[Category:1st Afghan War|Huft Kotal, Action at]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Huft Kotal, Action at]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan|Huft Kotal, Action at]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan|Huft Kotal, Action at]]
[[Category:Battles|Huft Kotal, Action at]]
[[Category:Battles|Huft Kotal, Action at]]

Latest revision as of 08:24, 9 June 2014

Action at the Huft Kotal
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 14 & 15 October 1842
Location: Huft Kotul, Tezin-e Khas, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.350002°N 69.549388°E
Result: British losses
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Thomas Monteath
Gen William Nott
Strength
Casualties
14 October 5 killed, 9 wounded
15 October 24 killed, 37 wounded

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article The Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Synopsis

On 14 October Brigadier Monteath commanding the rearguard of General Pollock's brigades retreated through the Huft Kotal (eight hills) under attack by the tribesmen.

On 15 October General Nott's division made the same passage.

Monteath's Rearguard

External Links

Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War

Historical books on-line

Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents" by Joachim Hayward Stocquele 1893 (Google Books)
 Monteath's despatch
Nott's despatch

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