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== Synopsis ==
On 1 April a sortie was able to bring in a flock of 500 sheep and on 7 April Sale mounted a major assault on Akbar Khan's forces and defeated them convincingly though Colonel Dennie was killed. Akbar retreated towards Kabul and the district chiefs tendered their submission. Sale had effectively raised the siege. Pollock's army reached Jalalabad on 16th April.
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|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Barakzai_Dynasty Barakzai] tribesmen |commander1=[[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed [Mohammad Akbar|Mohammad Akbar Khan]]
|strength1=1,500
|strength2=56,000
|casualties1=14 killed<br>66 wounded
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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 ==
'''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 '''[[George Pollock|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.
Almost all the garrison's fighting men were detailed in three columns for the assault. A skeleton guard was left on the walls under Captain Robert Pattisson. On 7 April at dawn the force issued from the the Kabul and Peshawar gates. The right column under '''[[Henry Havelock|Captain Havelock]]'''<ref>Later to become [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock Maj- Gen Sir Henry Havelock KCB] who led the relief of Lucknow</ref> drove the enemy back while '''Colonel Dennie''' attacked a fort on the right and was killed at the head of his regiment.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA96&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+Mr+Gleig+gives+the+following+account+of++Dennie's+end&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Account of Glennie's death]</ref> The battle lasted twelve hours at the end of which the enemy was in full retreat. The Afghan standards were captured together with a great quantity of stores.
Akbar Khan was defeated and the garrison had raised the siege before the arrival of Pollock's relieving force on 14 April.
== Troops in the Sortie ==
'''Left Column''' <br>500 men under Lieut-Col Thomas Monteath CB<br>
* [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] 500 bayonets<br>
'''Centre Column''' <br>500 men under Col. William Dennie
*[[13th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
'''Right Column''' <br>360 men under Capt. Henry Havelock
*One company [[13th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
*One company [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Detachment of Sappers<br>
'''Artillery'''<br>
*No 6 Light Field Battery under Capt Augustus Abbott
'''Cavalry''' <br>
*Small troop under Capt Oldfield and Lieut William Mayne
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/280/mode/1up/search/Mayne William Mayne (1818-1855)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (1795-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/339/mode/1up George Pollock (1786-1872)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=Jellalabad&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA201,M1 Siege of Jellalabad] Google Books<br>*[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/siege-jellalabad.htm Siege of Jellalabad] BritishBattles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=Jellalabad&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA201,M1 Siege of Jellalabad] Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024533/ Maj Gen Sir Robert Sale] ODNB<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad''] by George Robert Gleig 1846 (Google Books)<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA94&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan+In+either+case,+it+seemed+that+the+time+had+come&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the war in Afghanistan, Volume 3'' - Siege of Jalalabad] by John William Kaye 1851 (Google Books)<br>*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iWYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA106&dq=Historical+record+of+the+Thirteenth+On+the+5th+April,+1842,+information+was+received&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somersetshire, or Prince Albert’s Regiment of Light Infantry'' - Akbar defeated] by Thomas Carter 1867 (Google Books) ==Notes==<references />
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
