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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott] | ||
[[Category:1st Afghan War| | [[Category:1st Afghan War|Maidan 1842, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 1 December 2008
| Battle of Maidan 1842 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Afghan War | ||
| Date: | 15 September 1842 | |
| Location: | Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.449971°N 68.783466°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Sir William Nott | Shams al-Din | |
| Strength | ||
| 12,000 men | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - Action at Maidan
Google Books - General Knott's Despatch
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott