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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] | |||
|date=6 September 1842 | |||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan] | |||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E] | |||
|result=British defeat | |||
|territory= | |||
|combatant1=British & Indians | |||
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | |||
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj gen Sir William Nott] | |||
|commander2=Shumshoodeen | |||
|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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_EJJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=General+Nott&ei=vU9ySOLDIIeStgPwq6CRDg#PPA82,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni] | |||
Revision as of 17:25, 7 July 2008
| Battle of Ghazni 1842 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War | ||
| Date: | 6 September 1842 | |
| Location: | Ghazni, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.549438°N 68.416483°E | |
| Result: | British defeat | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj gen Sir William Nott | Shumshoodeen | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Google Books - Capture of Ghazni