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{{Battles_Infobox | |||
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] | |||
|date=8 January 1842 | |||
|location=Khoord Kabul Pass, Afghanistan | |||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.438208,69.440216&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.438208°N 69.440216°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=PA262&dq=Khoord-Cabul&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA262,M1 Google Books - Passage through the Pass] | |||