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'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]''' | '''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]''' | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Prince Sufder Jung, son of Shah Shuja, defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated. | Prince Sufder Jung, son of [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja]], defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated. | ||
'''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA94&dq=A+Memoir+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Creswicke+Rawlinson+Atta+Mahommed+attempted+to+make+a+stand&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Memoir of Sir Henry Rawlinson] </ref> | '''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA94&dq=A+Memoir+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Creswicke+Rawlinson+Atta+Mahommed+attempted+to+make+a+stand&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Memoir of Sir Henry Rawlinson] </ref> | ||