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== Pollock's Army == | |||
*One squadron of [[5th Bengal Light Cavalry|5th Light Cavalry]] | |||
*HQ and one squadron of [[10th Bengal Light Cavalry|10th Light Cavalry]] | |||
*No 6 Light Field Battery | |||
*Five coys [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] | |||
*[[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Foot]] | |||
*[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Native Infantry]] | |||
*[[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|60th Native Infantry]] | |||
*One squadron of [[3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards|3rd Dragoons]] | |||
== 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.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 | [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=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 Gen Pollock's Despatch] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA568,M1Battle at Mammoo Khail] Google Books | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]] | [[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 26 April 2010
| Battle of Mamoo Khail | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 24 August 1842 | |
| Location: | Mamoo Khail, Gandamak, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.422815°N 69.988121°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Ghilzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen George Pollock | Hadji Ali Khyrollah Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Pollock's Army
- One squadron of 5th Light Cavalry
- HQ and one squadron of 10th Light Cavalry
- No 6 Light Field Battery
- Five coys Bengal Sappers and Miners
- HM 9th Foot
- 26th Native Infantry
- 60th Native Infantry
- One squadron of 3rd Dragoons
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Gen Pollock's Despatch Google Books
at Mammoo Khail Google Books