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[[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]]
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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=12 January 1842  
|date=12 January 1842  
|location=Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
|location=Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes  
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
|commander1=[[William Nott|Maj-General Sir William Nott]]
|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Suttur Jung
|commander2=Atta Mahomed Khan<br>Prince Sufder Jung
|strength1=
|strength1=3,500
|strength2=
|strength2=5,000-8,000
|casualties1=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|casualties2=
}}
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'''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 ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<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 Google Books - Battle of Killa-chuk]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
[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]]

Latest revision as of 11:13, 6 July 2014

Battle of Killu-l-Shah
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 12 January 1842
Location: Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.605985°N 65.712265°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Maj-General Sir William Nott Atta Mahomed Khan
Prince Sufder Jung
Strength
3,500 5,000-8,000
Casualties

Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundab
This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article General Nott at Kandahar

Synopsis

Prince Sufder Jung, son of 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." [1]

Nott's Force

Right Column
Colonel MacLaren

Left Column

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Battle of Killa-chuk Google Books
Memoir of Maj-Gen Rawlinson Google Books
Captain Neill's Account Google Books
Maj Gen Sir William Nott Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References