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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=18 September 1840
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamyan Bamiyan, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.04397280537,7167.25043380344&z=1210&t=h&hl=en 34.043972°N 7180537°N 67.250433°E80344°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes and Usbek cavalry and infantry|commander1=Brigadier Dennie |commander2=[http://enwww.wikipediaoxforddnb.orgcom/wikiindex/Dost_Mohammed_Khan 101007501/ Brig William Dennie]|commander2=[[Dost Mohammed|Amir Dost Muhammad Khan]] <br>Wali of Khulum |strength1=500 infantry<br>300 irregular horse<br>2 guns|strength2=9-10 thousand
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]]'''
== Summary ==
Under pressure from the British advance Dost Mohammed went north into the Hindu Kush and joined forces with the Wali of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khulm Khulum]. [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/116/mode/2up/search/Dennie Col William Dennie] was sent in pursuit and met a combined force of Afghans and Usbeks at [[Bamiyan|Bameean]] where Dost Mohammed was defeated.
== Field Detachment ==
*[[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|35th Bengal Native Infantry]] (270)
*Shah's Gurkha Battalion (230)
* A party of Capt. Anderson's cavalry
* A few of Captain Connolly's escort
*2 guns
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>[http://wwwbooks.somersetgoogle.govco.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office books?id=kFABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Bameean&as_brr=1&ei=dk- 1st Afghan WarnR_X6ConIyATMn9jqBw Battle of Bamiyan]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kFABAAAAQAAJe08aAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA15PA474&dq=Bameean+1840&as_brr=13&cd=10#v=onepage&q=Bameean%201840&eif=dk-nR_X6ConIyATMn9jqBw false Brigadier Dennie's despatch] Google Books - Battle of Bamiyan]
[[Category:Battles|Bameean, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War 1839-42|Bameean, Battle of]][[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]]
