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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]] | |partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]] | ||
|date=29 May 1841 | |date=29 May 1841 | ||
|location=Asseer, 12 miles south of | |location=Asseer, 12 miles south of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalat,_Zabul_Province Qalat], Zabul Province, [[Afghanistan]] | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.987347,66.763315&z=14&t=h&hl=en 31.987347°N 66.763315°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.987347,66.763315&z=14&t=h&hl=en 31.987347°N 66.763315°E] | ||
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|combatant1=British & Indians | |combatant1=British & Indians | ||
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen | |combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen | ||
|commander1=Lt-Col Wymer | |commander1=[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/462/mode/1up/search/Wymer Lt-Col George Wymer] | ||
|commander2= | |commander2=Gool Mahomed | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
|strength2= | |strength2=3,000 | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=4 killed<br>15 wounded | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Major Lynch the political officer at Khelat-i-Ghilzie instigated an attack on a Ghilai fort in which the chief and 15 men were killed. This precipitated a rising of the Ghilzais. Colonel Wymer set out from Kandahar with stores for Khelat-i-Ghilzie and met tthe enemy force about twelve miles short of that place. After a three hour battle the Ghilzais were defeated. | |||
== Field Force == | == Field Force == | ||
* Four coys 38th Bengal Native Infantry (400 men) | |||
* | *One wing Shah's 1st Cavalry under Capt Leeson | ||
*21 Sappers and Miners | |||
*2 guns Horse Artillery | |||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[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=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg= | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+Subjoined+is+Colonel+Wymer's+own+account&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Colonel Wymer's despatch] (Google Books)<br> | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
[http:// | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LNINAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA590&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan,+And+as+the+Douranees+were+mustering+their+men,&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol I (1800-1841)'' - Battle at Assiai-Ilmee] by John William Kaye (1851) | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | [[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Battles|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Asseer Eelmee, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 20 April 2010
| Battle of Asseer Eelmee | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 29 May 1841 | |
| Location: | Asseer, 12 miles south of Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.987347°N 66.763315°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Ghilzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt-Col George Wymer | Gool Mahomed | |
| Strength | ||
| 3,000 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 4 killed 15 wounded |
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Synopsis
Major Lynch the political officer at Khelat-i-Ghilzie instigated an attack on a Ghilai fort in which the chief and 15 men were killed. This precipitated a rising of the Ghilzais. Colonel Wymer set out from Kandahar with stores for Khelat-i-Ghilzie and met tthe enemy force about twelve miles short of that place. After a three hour battle the Ghilzais were defeated.
Field Force
- Four coys 38th Bengal Native Infantry (400 men)
- One wing Shah's 1st Cavalry under Capt Leeson
- 21 Sappers and Miners
- 2 guns Horse Artillery
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Colonel Wymer's despatch (Google Books)
Historical books on-line
History of the War in Afghanistan Vol I (1800-1841) - Battle at Assiai-Ilmee by John William Kaye (1851)