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== Tungee Tareekee Pass==
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January 10.--At break of day all was again confusion, every one
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This was the fifth day of the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]. The advance guard consisting of 100 men of HM 44th Regiment and 50 troopers of the 5th Cavalry proceeded a couple of miles to a narrow gorge between two hills. The Afghans on the heights opened fire on the main column and the dead and dying choked the gorge. The sepoys threw away their weapons and fled along with the camp followers. A massacre followed which destroyed the remnants of the Native Infantry regiments. The public treasure and the remains of the baggage were lost. The advance guard reached Kabar-i-Jabar and waited but the greater part of the main and rear columns had been cut off and destroyed. Now only 50 Horse Artillerymen with a 12-pounder, 75 files of HM 44th Regiment and 150 cavalry troopers were left with the remnant of the camp followers.
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hurrying to the front, and dreading above all things to be left in the
 
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rear. The Europeans were the only efficient men left, the Hindostanees
 
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having suffered so severely from the frost in their hands and feet, that
 
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few could hold a musket, much less pull a trigger. The enemy had
 
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occupied the rocks above the gorge, and thence poured a destructive fire
 
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upon the column as it slowly advanced. Fresh numbers fell at every
 
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volley. The sepoys, unable to use their arms, cast them away, and, with
 
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the followers, fled for their lives.
 
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"The Affghans now rushed down upon their helpless and
 
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unresisting victims sword in hand, and a general massacre took
 
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place. The last small remnant of the native infantry regiments
 
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were here scattered and destroyed; and the public treasure,
 
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with all the remaining baggage, fell into the hands of the
 
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enemy. Meanwhile, the advance, after pushing through the Tungee
 
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with great loss, had reached Kubbur-i-Jubbar, about five miles
 
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a-head, without more opposition. Here they halted to enable the
 
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rear to join, but, from the few stragglers who from time to
 
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time came up, the astounding truth was brought to light, that
 
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of all who had that morning marched from Khoord-Cabul they were
 
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almost the sole survivors, nearly the whole of the main and
 
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rear columns having been cut off and destroyed. About 50
 
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horse-artillerymen, with one twelve-pounder howitzer, 70 files
 
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H.M.'s 44th, and 150 cavalry troopers, now composed the whole
 
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Cabul force; but, notwithstanding the slaughter and dispersion
 
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that had taken place, the camp-followers still formed a
 
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considerable body."<br>[http://www.ihaystack.com/authors/v/various/00013062_blackwoods_edinburgh_magazine_no_cccxxviii_february_/00013062_english_ascii_p013.htm Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1843]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:15, 2 April 2010

Battle of Tunghi Tarika
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 10 January 1842
Location: Tunghi Tarika Pass, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 34.413401°N 69.4837°E
Result: British retreat
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Brigadier John Shelton Akbar Khan
Strength
Casualties

Summary

This was the fifth day of the Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak. The advance guard consisting of 100 men of HM 44th Regiment and 50 troopers of the 5th Cavalry proceeded a couple of miles to a narrow gorge between two hills. The Afghans on the heights opened fire on the main column and the dead and dying choked the gorge. The sepoys threw away their weapons and fled along with the camp followers. A massacre followed which destroyed the remnants of the Native Infantry regiments. The public treasure and the remains of the baggage were lost. The advance guard reached Kabar-i-Jabar and waited but the greater part of the main and rear columns had been cut off and destroyed. Now only 50 Horse Artillerymen with a 12-pounder, 75 files of HM 44th Regiment and 150 cavalry troopers were left with the remnant of the camp followers.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Not found
Variants:Tunghi Tarika/Tungee Tareekee

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Retreat to Gandamak British Battles
Action in the Tungee Tareekee Pass Google Books
Casualties in the Tungee Turreekee Pass Google Books

Historical books on-line

The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson 1879 - Action at Tangi www.archive.org

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