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== Synopsis == | |||
As General Nott's army approached [[Kabul]] they encountered Shums-ud-deen again with a large force on high ground. The 40th Regiment was sent to disperse the Afghans which they did succesfully. | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Sir Willliam Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | |||
''Diary of a march through Sinde and Afghanistan'' by Rev I N Allen 1843 [http://books.google.com/books?id=X8FOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA285&dq=Sidabad&ei=eOqtR6KTJ4mWzATX6uidBg#PPA285,M1 Reverend Allen's Account] Google Books -<br> | |||
''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=PA250&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA250,M1 Captain Neill's Account] Google Books<br> | |||
[[Category:Battles|Benee Budam, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Benee Budam, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Benee Budam, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Benee Budam, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | [[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | ||
Revision as of 08:55, 1 May 2010
| Battle of Benee Budam | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 14 September 1842 | |
| Location: | Beni Badam, Maidanshar, Vardak Province, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.0384297°N 68.837337°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Sir William Nott | Shams-ud-Din Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| 12,000 men | ||
| Casualties | ||
Synopsis
As General Nott's army approached Kabul they encountered Shums-ud-deen again with a large force on high ground. The 40th Regiment was sent to disperse the Afghans which they did succesfully.
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Sir Willliam Nott Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Historical books on-line
Diary of a march through Sinde and Afghanistan by Rev I N Allen 1843 Reverend Allen's Account Google Books -
Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment by J Martin Bladen Neill 1845 Captain Neill's Account Google Books