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Headquarters in Kabul believed the country to be pacified and instructed Nott to sent part of his troops back to India. On 8 November the 16th, 42nd and 43rd Bengal Native Infantry under Colonel Maclaren set out for [[Quetta]]. They had only gone one march when news came of the [[Battle at Syadabad|death of Captain Woodburn]]. Nott promptly recalled Colonel Maclaren and his troops.
A letter from headquarters with news of the [[Kabul Uprising]] requested Nott to send the three regiments to reinforce the capital. They were dispatched under Colonel Maclaren on 17 November. The [[Siege of Ghazni]] began on 20 November and communication north was cut. Colonel Maclaren turned back in the face of extreme weather and reached Kandahar again on 8 December. Nott and his garrison remained bottled up in Kandahar until the end of the year. During December two regiments of Shah Shujah's Afghan cavalry ordered to move to quarters outside the city attacked their British officers and made off with ammunition and treasure. They were pursued and many of them cut down.
