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'''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundaub''' | '''Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundaub''' | ||
== Nott's Force == | == Nott's Force == | ||
'''Right Column'''<br>''Colonel MacLaren'' | '''Right Column'''<br> | ||
HM 40th Infantry<br>HM 2nd Infantry<br>HM 16th Infantry<br> | ''Colonel MacLaren'' | ||
*HM 40th Infantry<br> | |||
*HM 2nd Infantry<br>HM 16th Infantry<br> | |||
'''Left Column''' | |||
*HM 38th Infantry<br>One wing 42nd Bengal Native Infantry | |||
*5th Shah's Infantry | |||
*Two troops Anderson's (Shah's) Horse Artillery Six 6-pounders | |||
*Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) 9 Four pounders | |||
*Leeson's Horse | |||
*Haldane's Horse<br> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<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=5NANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&dq=%2BAfghanistan%2BJanuary+1842&source=web&ots=DsjcZRpVkf&sig=8HHf3vagfy7uJ6Vrv-imuPYgp9s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result%23PPA403,M1#PPA403,M1 Battle of Killa-chuk] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA93&dq=Killa+Chuk&ei=ngxyScyyKJzAMsXKkN4M#PPA93,M1 Memoir of Maj-Gen Rawlinson] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA159,M1 Captain Neill's Account] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj Gen Sir William Nott] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |||
[[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Killu-l-Shah, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | [[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]] | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 18 April 2010
| Battle of Killu-l-Shah | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 12 January 1842 | |
| Location: | Killa-chuk, Near Kandahar, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.605985°N 65.712265°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir William Nott | Atta Mahomed Khan Prince Suttur Jung | |
| Strength | ||
| 3,500 | 5,000-8,000 | |
| Casualties | ||
Also described as Battle of Killa-chuk and Battle of Urghundaub
Nott's Force
Right Column
Colonel MacLaren
- HM 40th Infantry
- HM 2nd Infantry
HM 16th Infantry
Left Column
- HM 38th Infantry
One wing 42nd Bengal Native Infantry - 5th Shah's Infantry
- Two troops Anderson's (Shah's) Horse Artillery Six 6-pounders
- Blood's Battery (Bombay Artillery) 9 Four pounders
- Leeson's Horse
- Haldane's Horse
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Battle of Killa-chuk Google Books
Memoir of Maj-Gen Rawlinson Google Books
Captain Neill's Account Google Books
Maj Gen Sir William Nott Oxford Dictionary of National Biography