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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]'''
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Major Lynch the political officer at Khelat-i-Ghilzie instigated an attack on a Ghilzai fort in which the chief and 15 men were killed. This precipitated a rising of the Ghilzais. Colonel Wymer set out from [[Kandahar]] with stores for Khelat-i-Ghilzie and met tthe enemy force about twelve miles short of that place. After a three hour battle the Ghilzais were defeated. Lynch was removed from his post.
Major Lynch the political officer at Khelat-i-Ghilzie instigated an attack on a Ghilzai fort in which the chief and 15 men were killed. This precipitated a rising of the Ghilzais. Colonel Wymer set out from [[Kandahar]] with stores for Khelat-i-Ghilzie and met tthe enemy force about twelve miles short of that place. After a three hour battle the Ghilzais were defeated. Lynch was removed from his post.
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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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+Subjoined+is+Colonel+Wymer's+own+account&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Colonel Wymer's despatch] (Google Books)<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+Subjoined+is+Colonel+Wymer's+own+account&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Colonel Wymer's despatch] (Google Books)<br>



Latest revision as of 22:21, 6 May 2014

Battle of Asseer Eelmee
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 29 May 1841
Location: Asseer, 12 miles south of Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.987347°N 66.763315°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Lt-Col George Wymer Gool Mahomed
Strength
3,000
Casualties
4 killed
15 wounded

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article General Nott at Kandahar

Synopsis

Major Lynch the political officer at Khelat-i-Ghilzie instigated an attack on a Ghilzai fort in which the chief and 15 men were killed. This precipitated a rising of the Ghilzais. Colonel Wymer set out from Kandahar with stores for Khelat-i-Ghilzie and met tthe enemy force about twelve miles short of that place. After a three hour battle the Ghilzais were defeated. Lynch was removed from his post.

Field Force

  • Four coys 38th Bengal Native Infantry (400 men)
  • One wing Shah's 1st Cavalry under Capt Leeson
  • 21 Sappers and Miners
  • 2 guns Horse Artillery

Spelling Variants

Modern name: not found
Variants: Asseer-il-Mee/Asseea Ilmee/Assia Elmee/Assiai-Ilmee

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Colonel Wymer's despatch (Google Books)

Historical books on-line

History of the War in Afghanistan Vol I (1800-1841) - Battle at Assiai-Ilmee by John William Kaye (1851)