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[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk Crest 1841, Battle of]]
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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=28 October 1841  
|date=29 October 1841  
|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]   
|result=British defeat
|result=British losses
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|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024533/ Maj Gen Sir Robert Sale]
|commander1=[[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan]
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad]]'''
== Synopsis ==
General Sale's brigade left [[Tezin]] on 26 October and reached Seh Baba mostly unmolested. They moved forward on 28 October experiencing continual attacks on the rearguard until they reached Kutta Sung. On 29 October skirmishing continued all day as they approached [[Jugdulluk]]. By the time a halt was called 29 had been killed and 91 wounded.


== 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=PA196&dq=General%20Salen&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA196,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=General%20Salen&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA196,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books
 
== Historical books on-line ==
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jugdulluk Crest 1841, Battle of]]
[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan+The+same+caution+which+had+marked+the+whole&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan'' - The March to Jugdulluk] by Rev. G.R.Gleig 1846 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]
[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]

Latest revision as of 15:24, 28 March 2011

Action on the March to Jugdulluk
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 29 October 1841
Location: Jugdulluk, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.427737°N 69.760313°E
Result: British losses
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad

Synopsis

General Sale's brigade left Tezin on 26 October and reached Seh Baba mostly unmolested. They moved forward on 28 October experiencing continual attacks on the rearguard until they reached Kutta Sung. On 29 October skirmishing continued all day as they approached Jugdulluk. By the time a halt was called 29 had been killed and 91 wounded.

External Links

History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books

Historical books on-line

Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan - The March to Jugdulluk by Rev. G.R.Gleig 1846 (Google Books)