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{{Battles_Infobox|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]|date=7 April 1842 |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalalabad Jalalabad, Afghanistan]|presidency=[[Bengal]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.456712,70.384276&z=11&t=h&hl=en 34.456712°N 70.384276°E] |result=Akbar Khan defeated|territory=|combatant1=British & Indians|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan] |strength1=1,500|strength2=5,000|casualties1=|casualties2=}} == 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. == British & Indian Regiments ==[[13th Regiment of Foot]]<br>[[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>1 Squadron of [[Skinner's Horse]]<br>Shah Shujah’s Sappers<br>Artillery<br>== Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/8/mode/2up/search/Akbar Mahommed Akbar Khan (1813?-1849)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/58/mode/2up William Brydon (1811-1873)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#REDIRECT page/117/mode/1up William Dennie (1785?-1842)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/138/mode/1up William Elphinstone (1782-1842)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Thomas Monteath (Douglas) (1787-1868)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/339/mode/1up George Pollock (1786-1872)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/341/mode/1up Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/437/mode/1up Claude Wade (1794-1861)]<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) [[Category:1st Afghan War|Jalalabad, Battle of]][[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Battle of]][[Category:Battles|Jalalabad, Battle of]]
