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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Sir Robert Sale attacked and demolished the forts of Ali Khan, a chief in Kohistan. Captain Edward Conolly, 6th Light Infantry, was killed in the assault. He was the brother of Arthur Connolly, imprisoned and executed in Bokhara, and Captain John Conolly who died a hostage in Kabul. | Sir Robert Sale attacked and demolished the forts of Ali Khan, a chief in Kohistan. Captain Edward Conolly, 6th Light Infantry, was killed in the assault. He was the brother of Arthur Connolly, imprisoned and executed in Bokhara, and Captain John Conolly who died a hostage in [[Kabul]]. | ||
== Sale's Field Force == | == Sale's Field Force == | ||
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*[[27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|27th Bengal Native Infantry]] | *[[27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|27th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*[[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|37th Bengal Native Infantry]] | *[[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|37th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*2nd Shah Shuja's Cavalry | *2nd [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja's]] Cavalry | ||
*Two 6-pounder guns under Lieut Warburton | *Two 6-pounder guns under Lieut Warburton | ||
*Three 9-pounder guns under Capt Abbott | *Three 9-pounder guns under Capt Abbott | ||
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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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=Tootumdurra&as_brr=3&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Tootumdurra&f=false Battle of Tootumdurra] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=Tootumdurra&as_brr=3&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Tootumdurra&f=false Battle | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iWYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA99&dq=Tootumdurra&as_brr=3&cd=7#v=onepage&q=Tootumdurra&f=false 13th at Tootumdurra] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iWYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA99&dq=Tootumdurra&as_brr=3&cd=7#v=onepage&q=Tootumdurra&f=false 13th at Tootumdurra] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006091/Edward-Conolly The Conolly brothers] ODNB | [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006091/Edward-Conolly The Conolly brothers] ODNB | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Tootumdurra, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Tootumdurra, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Tootumdurra, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Tootumdurra, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]] | [[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:01, 1 June 2014
| Battle of Tootumdurra | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 29 September 1840 | |
| Location: | Towtamdarreh-ye Olya, Parvan Province, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | not in British India | |
| Co-ordinates: | 35.094607°N 69.203512°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj-Gen Robert Sale | Ali Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 1 killed and 6 wounded | ||
This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article Invasion of the HEIC Army
Synopsis
Sir Robert Sale attacked and demolished the forts of Ali Khan, a chief in Kohistan. Captain Edward Conolly, 6th Light Infantry, was killed in the assault. He was the brother of Arthur Connolly, imprisoned and executed in Bokhara, and Captain John Conolly who died a hostage in Kabul.
Sale's Field Force
- HM 13th Light Infantry under Capt Wade
- 27th Bengal Native Infantry
- 37th Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Shah Shuja's Cavalry
- Two 6-pounder guns under Lieut Warburton
- Three 9-pounder guns under Capt Abbott
- Engineers under Captain Sanders
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Augustus Abbott (1804-1867)
Edward Conolly (1808-1840)
Robert Sale (1782-1845)
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Battle of Tootumdurra Google Books
13th at Tootumdurra Google Books
The Conolly brothers ODNB