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== External Links == | == 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] | [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] | ||
Revision as of 13:28, 8 June 2008
Action at Boothak | ||
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Part of 1st Afghan War | ||
Date: | 7 January 1842 | |
Location: | Botkhak, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 34.499263°N 69.352971°E | |
Result: | British retreat | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
Commanders | ||
Brigadier John Shelton | Akbar Khan | |
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
External Links
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
British Battles - Retreat to Gandamak
Google Books - Conflict at Bootkhak