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== Pollock's Army ==
*One squadron of [[5th Bengal Light Cavalry|5th Light Cavalry]]
*HQ and one squadron of [[10th Bengal Light Cavalry|10th Light Cavalry]]
*No 6 Light Field Battery
*Five coys [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*[[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Foot]]
*[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
*[[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]]
*One squadron of [[3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards|3rd Dragoons]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 Google Books - Gen Pollock's Despatch]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA568,M1 Google Books - Battle at Mammoo Khail]
[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=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 Gen Pollock's Despatch] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA568,M1Battle at Mammoo Khail] Google Books


[[Category:1st Afghan War|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]]

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Battle of Mamoo Khail
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 24 August 1842
Location: Mamoo Khail, Gandamak, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.422815°N 69.988121°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen George Pollock Hadji Ali
Khyrollah Khan
Strength
Casualties

Pollock's Army

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Gen Pollock's Despatch Google Books
at Mammoo Khail Google Books