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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/58/mode/2up William Brydon (1811-1873)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/138/mode/1up William Elphinstone (1782-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/339/mode/1up George Pollock (1786-1872)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/341/mode/1up Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/437/mode/1up Claude Wade (1794-1861)]<br>
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== Synopsis ==
On 1 April a sortie was able to bring in a flock of 500 sheep and on 7 April Sale mounted a major assault on Akbar Khan's forces and defeated them convincingly though Colonel Dennie was killed. Akbar retreated towards Kabul and the district chiefs tendered their submission. Sale had effectively raised the siege. Pollock's army reached Jalalabad on 16th April.
== Troops in the Sortie ==
'''Left Column''' 500 men under Lieut-Col Thomas Monteath CB<br>* [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] 500 bayonets<br>'''Centre Column''' 500 men under Col. William Dennie*[[13th Regiment of Foot]] 500 bayonets<br>'''Right Column''' 360 men under Capt. Henry Havelock
*One company [[13th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
*One company [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Detachment of Sappers<br>
'''Artillery'''<br>
*No 6 Light Field Battery under Capt Augustus Abbott
'''Cavalry''' <br>
*Small troop under Capt Oldfield and Lieut William Mayne
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/xii/mode/2up/search/Abbott Augustus Abbott (1804-1867)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/8/mode/2up/search/Akbar Mahommed Akbar Khan (1813?-1849)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/117/mode/1up William Dennie (1785?-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/194/mode/2up/search/Havelock Henry Havelock (1782-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/280/mode/1up/search/Mayne William Mayne (1818-1855)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (1795-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>
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