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== 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://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br> | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA285&dq=Istalif&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA287,M1 Action at Istalif] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GBsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Istalif+1842&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Istalif%201842&f=false McCaskill's despatch] Google Books | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Istalif, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Istalif, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Istalif, Battle of]] | [[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Istalif, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 17:33, 8 April 2010
| Battle of Istalif | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 29 September 1842 | |
| Location: | Estalef, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.833330°N 69.133330°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen George Pollock Maj Gen John McCaskill |
Amir Ullah Khan Loghuri | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
Artillery
- Capt Backhouse's Mountain Train
- Capt Blood's Battery of 9 pounders (Bombay)
- Two 18 pounders
Cavalry
- HQ and two squadrons HM Light Dragoons
- Capt Christie's Corps of Cavalry
Infantry
- Brig Tulloch's Brigade except 60th N.I.
- Capt Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners
- Brig Stacy's Brigade
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Action at Istalif Google Books
McCaskill's despatch Google Books