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Battle of Mamoo Khail
Part of 1st Afghan War
Date:	24 August 1842
Location:	Mamoo Khail, Gandamak, Afghanistan
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.422815°N 69.988121°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
British & Indians	Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen George Pollock	Hadji Ali Khyrollah Khan
Strength

Casualties

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 == External Links ==
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>
-[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 Google Books - Battle at Mammoo Khail]
+[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA245,M1 Google Books - Gen Pollock's Despatch]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=Mammoo%20Khail&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA568,M1 Google Books - Battle at Mammoo Khail]
 [[Category:1st Afghan War|Mamoo Khail, Battle of]]