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[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk Crest 1841, Battle of]]
[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=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=General%20Salen&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA196,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]Google Books== Historical books on-line ==[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan+The+same+caution+which+had+marked+the+whole&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan'' - The March to Jugdulluk] by Rev. G.R.Gleig 1846 (Google Books)[[Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|Jugdulluk Crest 1841, Battle ofAction on the March to]][[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]][[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]|date=28 29 October 1841 |location=Jegdalek[[Jugdulluk]], [[Afghanistan]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.427737,69.760313&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.427737°N 69.760313°E]
|result=British defeat losses
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024533/ [Robert Sale|Maj -Gen Sir Robert Sale]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties2=
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad]]'''
== Synopsis ==
General Sale's brigade left [[Tezin]] on 26 October and reached Seh Baba mostly unmolested. They moved forward on 28 October experiencing continual attacks on the rearguard until they reached Kutta Sung. On 29 October skirmishing continued all day as they approached [[Jugdulluk]]. By the time a halt was called 29 had been killed and 91 wounded.
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