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On 1 April Sirdar Mahommed Akbar Khan came to Kandahar with a sortie was able large body of troops hoping to bring in take the city following the earthquake of 19 February. He found the damage had been quickly repaired however so he established a flock of 500 sheep and rigorous blockade. Rumour came to Jalalabad on 7 5 April that the relieving army under General Pollock had been repulsed at the Khyber Pass (later found not to be true). General Sale mounted a major assault decided on an attack 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 Afghan camp in the hope of raising the siege. Pollock Almost all the garrison's army reached Jalalabad fighting men were detailed in three columns for the assault. A skeleton guard was left on 16th the walls. On 7 Aprilat dawn the force issued from the the Kabul and Peshawar gates.The right column under Captain Havelock drove the enemy back
[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://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>
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|strength1=1,500
|strength2=56,000
|casualties1=14 killed<br>66 wounded
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== Synopsis ==
== 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]]
[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://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/siege-jellalabad.htm Siege of Jellalabad] BritishBattles.com<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 ''Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somersetshire, or Prince Albert’s Regiment of Light Infantry'' - Akbar defeated] by Thomas Carter 1867 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
