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== Spelling Variants ==
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Botkhak/ Bot Khak<br>
Variants: Boothak/Bootkhak/Buta-i-Khak<br>


Modern name: Botkhak/ Bot Khak<br>
Variants: Boothak/Bootkhak<br>
== 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://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm British Battles - Retreat to Gandamak]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7HiD3uJ6-wsC&pg=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak]
[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.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.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm Retreat to Gandamak] British Battles<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7HiD3uJ6-wsC&pg=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Conflict at Bootkhak] Google Books<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n278/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson'' - Action at Buta-i-Khak] www.archive.org


[[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Boothak, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Boothak, Battle of]]
[[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Boothak]]
[[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Boothak]]

Revision as of 09:52, 13 January 2010

Action at Boothak
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 7 January 1842
Location: Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.499263°N 69.352971°E
Result: British retreat
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Brigadier John Shelton Akbar Khan
Strength
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Botkhak/ Bot Khak
Variants: Boothak/Bootkhak/Buta-i-Khak

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Retreat to Gandamak British Battles
Conflict at Bootkhak Google Books

Historical books on-line

The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson - Action at Buta-i-Khak www.archive.org