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|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | |combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | ||
|commander1=Lieut-Col G P Wymer | |commander1=Lieut-Col G P Wymer | ||
|commander2= | |commander2=Akter Khan<br>Atta Mahomed<br>Prince Sufter Jung | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=8 killed<br> | ||
39 wounded | |||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | == Field Force == | ||
*Half Troop Shah's Horse Artillery | *Half Troop Shah's Horse Artillery | ||
*One Troop Haldane's Horse | *One Troop Haldane's Horse | ||
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[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br> | [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=ViEYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89&dq=Baba+wullee&as_brr=1#PRA1-PA89,M1 Battle of Baba Wullee] Google Books | [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViEYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89&dq=Baba+wullee&as_brr=1#PRA1-PA89,M1 Battle of Baba Wullee] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://www.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+near+Baba+Wullee,+on+25th&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Return of Casualties] Google Books | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre01nottgoog#page/n70/mode/2up/search/Baba+Wullee ''Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol II'' - Action at Baba Wullee] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org) | |||
[[Category:Battles|Baba Wullee 1842, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Baba Wullee 1842, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Baba Wullee 1842, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Baba Wullee 1842, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | [[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 14 April 2010
| Battle of Baba Wullee 1842 | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 25 March 1842 | |
| Location: | Argandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.647689°N 65.671617°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lieut-Col G P Wymer | Akter Khan Atta Mahomed Prince Sufter Jung | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 8 killed 39 wounded |
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Field Force
- Half Troop Shah's Horse Artillery
- One Troop Haldane's Horse
- Half Troop Leeson's Horse
- 6th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 38th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Shah's Regiment
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Afghan Wars Heritage History
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Battle of Baba Wullee Google Books
Return of Casualties Google Books
Historical books on-line
Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol II - Action at Baba Wullee by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org)