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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=12 January 1842
|location=Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.605985,65.712265&z=10&t=h&hl=en 31.605985°N 65.712265°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[[William Nott|Maj-General Sir William Nott]]
|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Sufder Jung
|strength1=3,500
|strength2=5,000-8,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundab'''<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''
*[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''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 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 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 Battle of Killa-chuk] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA93&dq=Killa+Chuk&ei=ngxyScyyKJzAMsXKkN4M#PPA93,M1 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 Captain Neill's Account] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj Gen Sir William Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
==References==
<references />
[[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]]
