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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|strength1=1,500
|strength2=5,000
|casualties1=14 killed<br>66 wounded
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== British & Indian Regiments Troops in the Sortie =='''Left Column''' under Lieut-Col Thomas Monteath CB<br>'''Centre Column''' under Col. William Dennie*[[13th Regiment of Foot]]500 bayonets<br>'''Right Column''' under Capt. Henry Havelock*One company [[35th 13th Regiment of Bengal Native InfantryFoot]]<br>1 Squadron of *One company [[Skinner's Horse35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]*Detachment of Sappers<br>Shah Shujah’s Sappers'''Artillery'''<br>Artillery*No 6 Light Field Battery under Capt Abbott'''Cavalry''' <br>*Small troop under Capt Oldfield and Lieut Mayne
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/117/mode/1up William Dennie (1785?-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/138/mode/1up William Elphinstone (1782-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/194/mode/2up/search/Havelock Henry Havelock (1782-1842)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (17871795-18681857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/339/mode/1up George Pollock (1786-1872)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/341/mode/1up Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843)]<br>
