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[[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]] | ||
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War | |partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]] | ||
|date=7 January 1842 | |date=7 January 1842 | ||
|location=[http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/botkhak-shadows.html Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan] | |location=[http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/botkhak-shadows.html Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[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=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=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak] | [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=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=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Boothak, Battle of]] | |||
Revision as of 14:29, 4 June 2009
| Action at Boothak | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 7 January 1842 | |
| Location: | Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.499263°N 69.352971°E | |
| Result: | British retreat | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brigadier John Shelton | Akbar Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
British Battles - Retreat to Gandamak
Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak