Difference between revisions of "Battle of Maidan 1842"

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Battle of Maidan 1842
Part of 1st Afghan War
Date:	15 September 1842
Location:	Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.449971°N 68.783466°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
British & Indians	Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Sir William Nott	Shams al-Din
Strength
	12,000 men
Casualties

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 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]
-[[Category:1st Afghan War|Benee Budam, Battle of]]
+[[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]