Difference between revisions of "Battle of Ghoaine"

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Battle of Ghoaine
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date:	30 August 1842
Location:	Ghoaine, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	approx 33.016395°N 67.938603°E
Result:	British success
Combatants
British & Indians	Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Sir William Nott	Shumshoodeen Khan (Shams ud din)
Strength

Casualties

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 == External Links ==
 [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[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.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA600&dq=Ghoaine&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA600,M1 Google Books - Action at Ghoaine]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA224&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA224,M1 Google Books - Captain Neill's Account]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ ODNB - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
-[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni 1842, Battle of]]
+[[Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|Ghazni 1842, Battle of]]