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[[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
'''Left Column'''<br>HM 38th Infantry<br>One wing 42nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>5th Shah's Infantry<br>Two troops Anderson's(Shah's) Horse Artillery 6 Six pounders<br>Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) 9 Four pounders<br>Leeson's Horse<br>Haldane's Horse<br>
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott [William Nott|Maj Gen -General Sir William Nott]]|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Suttur Sufder Jung
|strength1=3,500
|strength2=5,000-8,000
|casualties2=
}}
'''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of UrghundaubUrghundab'''<br>'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]'''== Synopsis ==Prince Sufder Jung, son of [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja]], defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated. '''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/memoirofmajorgen00rawlrich#page/94/mode/2up Memoir of Sir Henry Rawlinson] </ref>
== Nott's Force ==
'''Right Column'''<br>''Colonel MacLaren''<br>*[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry<br>HM ]]*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>HM 16th '''Left Column'''*[[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|38th Bengal Native Infantry]]*One wing [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]*5th Shah's Infantry*Two troops Anderson's (Shah's) Horse Artillery Six 6-pounders*Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) Nine 4-pounders*Leeson's Horse*Haldane's Horse<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<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.com/books?id=5NANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&dq=%2BAfghanistan%2BJanuary+1842&source=web&ots=DsjcZRpVkf&sig=8HHf3vagfy7uJ6Vrv-imuPYgp9s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result%23PPA403,M1#PPA403,M1 Google Books - Battle of Killa-chuk]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA93&dq=Killa+Chuk&ei=ngxyScyyKJzAMsXKkN4M#PPA93,M1 Google Books - Memoir of Maj-Gen Rawlinson]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA159,M1 Google Books - Captain Neill's Account]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
==References==
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[[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
