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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=3 July 1841
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gereshk Gereshk[Girishk]], Helmand Province, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.822095,64.54993&z=15&t=h&hl=en 31.822095°N 64.54993°E]
'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]'''
== Synopsis ==
With the encouragement of Yar Mahomed in Herat Aktar Khan threw off his professed allegiance to [[Shah Shuja -ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja]] and threatened the garrison at Gereshk. Captain Woodburn was sent to deal with the rebellion and defeated 6,000 Durrani tribesmen outside the fortress.
== Field Detachment ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History <br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office <br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+The+next+proof+on+record+that+the+disaffection&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Woodburn's account] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)
