Action at Boothak: Difference between revisions

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 [[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]]
+{{Battles_Infobox
+|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War]
+|date=7 January 1842
+|location=[http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/botkhak-shadows.html Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan]
+|presidency=[[Bengal]]
+|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.499263,69.352971&z=13&t=h&hl=en 34.499263°N 69.352971°E]
+|result=British retreat
+|territory=
+|combatant1=British & Indians
+|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
+|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025316/ Brigadier John Shelton]
+|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Akbar Khan]
+|strength1=
+|strength2=
+|casualties1=
+|casualties2=
+}}
+== External Links ==
+[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]
+[[Category:Battles|Bameean, Battle of]]