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Prince Sufder Jung, son of Shah Shuja, defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated. | Prince Sufder Jung, son of Shah Shuja, defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated. | ||
'''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[http://books.google. | '''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA94&dq=A+Memoir+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Creswicke+Rawlinson+Atta+Mahommed+attempted+to+make+a+stand&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Memoir of Sir henry Rawlinson] </ref> | ||
== Nott's Force == | == Nott's Force == | ||
'''Right Column'''<br> | '''Right Column'''<br> | ||
''Colonel MacLaren'' | ''Colonel MacLaren'' | ||
*[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry]] | *[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry]] | ||
*[[2nd Regiment of | *[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*[[16th Regiment of | *[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br> | ||
'''Left Column''' | '''Left Column''' | ||
*[[38th Regiment of | *[[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|38th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*One wing [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]] | *One wing [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*5th Shah's Infantry | *5th Shah's Infantry | ||