General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad
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Summary
The Government in Calcutta on advice from the Envoy in Kabul decided to reduce the payments made to the tribes to keep the passes from Peshawar to Kabul open. This caused the eastern Ghilzai tribes to block the passes cutting the route to India. Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale was to march to winter quarters in Jalalabad clearing the opposition on the way. On 9 October 1841 an advance party of 35th Native Infantry under Col. Thomas Monteath left for Bootkhak followed by the 13th Foot on 11 October. Gen. Sale took the whole force forward in stages fighting actions at Boothak, Tezin and Jugdulluk and sustaining considerable losses. He reached Jellalabad on 12 November where he was to remain besieged until April 1842.
Related articles
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
| Action from Boothak to Khoord-Kabul | 10-12 October 1841 |
| Action on the March to Tezin | 22 October 1841 |
| Action on the March to Jugdulluk | 29 October 1841 |
| Action on the March to Gundamak | 30 October 1841 |
| Action on the March to Jalalabad | 11-12 November 1841 |
| Siege of Jalalabad | 13 November 1841-14 April 1842 |
| Battle of Jalalabad | 7 April 1842 |
Field Force
Advance contingent
- 35th Bengal Native Infantry under Col Monteath
- One Coy of 13th Regiment of Foot
- 100 Shah Shuja's Sappers under Capt G Broadfoot
- One squadron 5th Cavalry under Capt Oldfield
- Two guns of Capt Abbott's Battery under Lieut Dawes
Reinforcements
- Two guns European Horse Artillery under Lieut Walker
- 37th Native Infantry under Major Griffiths
- Captain Backhouse's mountain train
- 300 additional Sappers
- Captain Abbott's battery
- 100 Anderson’s Irregular Horse under Lieut William Mayne
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Captain George Broadfoot (1807-1845)
George Macgregor (1810-1883)
William Mayne (1818-1855)
Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (1787-1868)
Robert Sale (1782-1845)
External Links
Sale's March Google Books
Lady Florentia Sale's Journal Google Books
Historical books on-line
Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad by George Robert Gleig 1846 Google Books