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Sirdar Mahommed Akbar Khan came to Kandahar 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 to Jalalabad 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.
Almost all the garrison's fighting men were detailed in three columns for the assault. A skeleton guard was left on the walls. On 7 April at dawn the force issued from the the Kabul and Peshawar gates. The right column under Captain Havelock <ref>This was Henry havelock who lead the relief of Lucknow</ref> drove the enemy back
== Troops in the Sortie ==
[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)
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[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
