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'''See main article [[General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad]]'''
== Synopsis ==
'''Sirdar Mahommed Akbar Khan''' came to [[Jalalabad]] with a large body of troops hoping to take the city following the earthquake of 19 February. He found the damage had been quickly repaired however so he established a rigorous blockade. Rumour came on 5 April that the relieving army under '''General Pollock''' had been repulsed at the Khyber Pass (later found not to be true). '''General Sale''' decided on an attack on the Afghan camp in the hope of raising the siege.
