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'''See main article [[Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]''' | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Following the reoccupation of [[Kabul]] the last remnants of the hostile Afghan tribes were a threat to the intended withdrawal. General Pollock sent Maj-Gen McCaskill north to Istalif where he defeated the Afghans and partially destroyed the town. | Following the reoccupation of [[Kabul]] the last remnants of the hostile Afghan tribes were a threat to the intended withdrawal. General Pollock sent Maj-Gen McCaskill north to Istalif where he defeated the Afghans and partially destroyed the town. | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 2 May 2010
| Battle of Istalif | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 29 September 1842 | |
| Location: | Estalef, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.833330°N 69.133330°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen George Pollock Maj Gen John McCaskill |
Amin Ullah Khan Loghuri | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
See main article Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Synopsis
Following the reoccupation of Kabul the last remnants of the hostile Afghan tribes were a threat to the intended withdrawal. General Pollock sent Maj-Gen McCaskill north to Istalif where he defeated the Afghans and partially destroyed the town.
Field Force
Artillery
- Capt Backhouse's Mountain Train
- Capt Blood's Battery of 9 pounders (Bombay)
- Two 18 pounders
Cavalry
- HQ and two squadrons HM Light Dragoons
- Capt Christie's Corps of Cavalry
Infantry
- Brig Tulloch's Brigade except 60th N.I.
- Capt Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners
- Brig Stacy's Brigade
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Action at Istalif Google Books
McCaskill's despatch Google Books
Historical books on-line
History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842) - Battle of Istalif by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)