Siege of Ghazni

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Siege of Ghazni
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 20 November 1841 - 6 March 1842
Location: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.549438°N 68.416483°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Colonel Palmer Shumshoodeen Khan
Strength
600 27th Bengal Native Infantry 20,000
Casualties

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
History of the War in Afghanistan Google Books
Siege of Ghazni Google Books
Col Palmer's Despatch Google Books
Lieut Crawford's account Google Books