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[[Category:Battles|Boothak, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]
|date=7 January 1842
|location=[http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/botkhak-shadows.html Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.499263,69.352971&z=13&t=h&hl=en 34.499263°N 69.352971°E]
|result=British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025316/ Brigadier John Shelton]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Akbar Khan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
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|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm British Battles - Retreat to Gandamak]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7HiD3uJ6-wsC&pg=PA261&dq=Bootkhak&as_brr=1&ei=21fOR-7VOoTIyATttqWwBQ#PPA261,M1 Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak]
[[Category:Battles|Bameean, Battle of]]
