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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]] | |partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]] | ||
|date=15 September 1842 | |date=15 September 1842 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Shahr Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Shahr Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan] | ||
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|combatant1=British & Indians | |combatant1=British & Indians | ||
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | |combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | ||
|commander1=[ | |commander1=[[William Nott|General Sir William Nott]] | ||
|commander2=Shams | |commander2=Shams-ud-Din | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
|strength2=12,000 men | |strength2=12,000 men | ||
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|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br> | |||
'''For context see main article [[Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]''' | |||
== Synopsis == | |||
As General Nott approached [[Kabul]] there was a further confrontation with the forces of Shams-ud-Din. There was a running engagement during the march to Maidan valley. Artillery fire finally deterred the enemy who withdrew. The remainder of the route to Kabul was unmolested. | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | [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://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Sir Willliam Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | |||
''Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment'' by J Martin Bladen Neill 1845 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA253&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA253,M1 Capt Neill's Account] Google Books<br>''Narrative of services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the years 1840, 1841 & 1842'' by Col Louis Robert Stacy 1848 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7up Colonel Stacy's Account], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 General Knott's Despatch] Google Books<br> | |||
[[Category:Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of]] | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | |||