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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=12 January 1842  
|date=12 January 1842  
|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]   
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|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen  
|commander1=Brigadier Thomas Anquetil  
|commander1=Brigadier Thomas Anquetil  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan]  
|commander2=[[Mohammad Akbar|Mohammad Akbar Khan]]  
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Retreat from Kabul to Gundamak]]'''
== Jugdulluk to Gundamak ==
== Jugdulluk to Gundamak ==
This was the sixth day of the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]. Brigadier Shelton commanded the rearguard under heavy fire on the ten miles from  Kattar Sang to Jugdulluk. The diminished force took up defensive positions in some ruins at 3 pm and a message came from Akbar Khan asking for Capt. Skinner. Skinner returned at 5 pm to say that Akbar Khan offered to stop any further massacre and provide supplies if General Elphinstone, Brigadier Shelton and Captain Johnson would attend a conference. Elphinstone saw no alternative and command was handed over to Brigadier Anquetil. The three officers spent the night at Akbar Khan's camp but the force at Jugdulluk had no respite. By then only 150 men of the 44th Regiment, 16 dismounted horse artillerymen and 25 troopers of the 5th Cavalry were left.
This was the seventh day of the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]. [[William Elphinstone|General Elphinstone]], Brigadier Shelton and Captain Johnson were detained by Akbar Khan despite demands to be escorted back to their troops at Jugdulluk. Capt. Skinner on his way to obtain news was shot in the face and died shortly afterwards. All day the force were subjected to attacks and, with no word from their general, Brig. Anquetil determined to make a night march to Jalalabad. They descended into the Jugdulluk valley and climbed again in a narrow defile until coming near the summit to thorn barriers blocking the way. While delayed struggling to get through this they were attacked from all sides and a massacre worse than Tunghi Tarika took place. Brigadier Anquetil was among 12 officers killed. They pressed on until they reached the Surkab River where several privates and Lieut. Cadet were killed as they crossed.
   
   
== Named casualties ==
== Named casualties ==
*Dr Duff, Surgeon-General - lagged behind wounded and later found killed
*Brig. Thomas Anquetil - killed
*Capt. Grant, Asst Adjt-General - jaw broken by a bullet
*Capt. James Skinner, 61st NI - killed at Jugdulluk
*Lieut. Tombs - wounded again
*Paymaster Thomas Bourke, 44th Foor - killed at Jugdulluk
*Lieut. Henry Cadett, 44th Foot - killed at Soorab
*Capt. William Dodgin, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*QM Robertus Halahan, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Surgeon John Harcourt, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Maj. William Thain, 21st Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Lieut Wade, 44th Foot - killed on march to Jugdulluk
*Lieut. Birkingyoung - killed
*Lieut. William Tombs, 5th NI - killed
*Lieut. Horsburgh - killed
*Lieut. Henry Bazett, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Capt Edward Blair, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Capt John Bott, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
*Capt. James Marshall, 61st NI - killed
*Capt. Thomas Nicholl, Bengal Horse Artillery -  - killed at Jugdulluk Pass


== Spelling Variants ==
== Spelling Variants ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br>
*[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak] BritishBattles.com<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://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak] BritishBattles.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+From+Seh+Baba+the+road+turns+off&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Lady Sale's account] Google Books


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n300/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson 1879'' - Action at Jagdalak] www.archive.org
*[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.co.uk/books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+From+Seh+Baba+the+road+turns+off&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Lady Sale's account] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n300/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson 1879'' - Action at Jagdalak] www.archive.org





Latest revision as of 18:25, 28 May 2014

Retreat from Jugdulluk
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 12 January 1842
Location: Jugdulluk, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.427737°N 69.760313°E
Result: British retreat
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brigadier Thomas Anquetil Mohammad Akbar Khan
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article Retreat from Kabul to Gundamak

Jugdulluk to Gundamak

This was the seventh day of the Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak. General Elphinstone, Brigadier Shelton and Captain Johnson were detained by Akbar Khan despite demands to be escorted back to their troops at Jugdulluk. Capt. Skinner on his way to obtain news was shot in the face and died shortly afterwards. All day the force were subjected to attacks and, with no word from their general, Brig. Anquetil determined to make a night march to Jalalabad. They descended into the Jugdulluk valley and climbed again in a narrow defile until coming near the summit to thorn barriers blocking the way. While delayed struggling to get through this they were attacked from all sides and a massacre worse than Tunghi Tarika took place. Brigadier Anquetil was among 12 officers killed. They pressed on until they reached the Surkab River where several privates and Lieut. Cadet were killed as they crossed.

Named casualties

  • Brig. Thomas Anquetil - killed
  • Capt. James Skinner, 61st NI - killed at Jugdulluk
  • Paymaster Thomas Bourke, 44th Foor - killed at Jugdulluk
  • Lieut. Henry Cadett, 44th Foot - killed at Soorab
  • Capt. William Dodgin, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • QM Robertus Halahan, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Surgeon John Harcourt, 44th Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Maj. William Thain, 21st Foot - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Lieut Wade, 44th Foot - killed on march to Jugdulluk
  • Lieut. Birkingyoung - killed
  • Lieut. William Tombs, 5th NI - killed
  • Lieut. Horsburgh - killed
  • Lieut. Henry Bazett, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Capt Edward Blair, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Capt John Bott, 5th Light Cavalry - killed at Jugdulluk Pass
  • Capt. James Marshall, 61st NI - killed
  • Capt. Thomas Nicholl, Bengal Horse Artillery - - killed at Jugdulluk Pass

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Jagdalak/Jegdalek
Variants: Jagdalek/Jagdalik/Jugdulluk

External Links

Historical books on-line