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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=6 January 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.528456,69.171705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 34.528456°N 69.171705°E]
|result=British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Keith_Elphinstone Maj-Gen William Elphinstone]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Akbar Khan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''See main article [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]'''
== Summary ==
After terms had been agreed for safe passage of Elphinstone's army to Peshawar (see [[Kabul Uprising]]), the Afghan chiefs made various excuses for delaying the departure. Eventually on 6 January 1842 4,500 fighting men and 12,000 followers began to leave the Sherpur Cantonment where they had been besieged for two months. In bitter weather with a foot of snow on the ground, the retreating army moved out into the countryside with only five days supplies and no sign of the promised Afghan escort. As they left, the Afghans started to plunder and destroy the cantonment. At evening the main column was still passing out of the gate and the rearguard was having to defend itself against sniper fire which killed Lt Hardyman of 5th Light Cavalry and fifty other ranks. Eventually all were across the river but two Horse Artillery guns and a quantity of baggage had been abandoned. It was 2 am before the rearguard reached the night halt at Bagrame 5 miles down the road.
== 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=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm Retreat to Gandamak] British Battles<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n272/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson'' - The Departure] www.archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Kabul, Departure from]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kabul, Departure from]]
[[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Kabul, Departure from]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=6 January 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.528456,69.171705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 34.528456°N 69.171705°E]
|result=British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Keith_Elphinstone Maj-Gen William Elphinstone]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Akbar Khan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''See main article [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]]'''
== Summary ==
After terms had been agreed for safe passage of Elphinstone's army to Peshawar (see [[Kabul Uprising]]), the Afghan chiefs made various excuses for delaying the departure. Eventually on 6 January 1842 4,500 fighting men and 12,000 followers began to leave the Sherpur Cantonment where they had been besieged for two months. In bitter weather with a foot of snow on the ground, the retreating army moved out into the countryside with only five days supplies and no sign of the promised Afghan escort. As they left, the Afghans started to plunder and destroy the cantonment. At evening the main column was still passing out of the gate and the rearguard was having to defend itself against sniper fire which killed Lt Hardyman of 5th Light Cavalry and fifty other ranks. Eventually all were across the river but two Horse Artillery guns and a quantity of baggage had been abandoned. It was 2 am before the rearguard reached the night halt at Bagrame 5 miles down the road.
== 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=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm Retreat to Gandamak] British Battles<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n272/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, ed. by G.B. Malleson'' - The Departure] www.archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Kabul, Departure from]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kabul, Departure from]]
[[Category:Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak|Kabul, Departure from]]
