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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=12 13 November 1841 - 14 April 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalalabad Jalalabad, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Sale Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed Akbar Khan]
|strength1=1,500|strength2=5,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Having left [[Kabul]] on 9 October 1841 Sale's brigade fought its way east until it reached [[Jalalabad]] on 12 November. The town walls were in a bad state of repair and there was debate as to whether such a long perimeter could be defended or whether it would be better to retreat into the citadel. In the event it was decided to repair the walls and this began directed by [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/53/mode/1up Captain George Broadfoot] of the Sappers under constant attack from the surrounding Afghans.
On 16 November [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up Col Monteath] of 35th Bengal Infantry led a sortie of 1,100 men which drove the enemy away from the walls. [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/260/mode/2up/search/MacGregor George MacGregor] as Commissariat Officer sent out foraging parties and built up a month's supplies.
By the end of the month Afghan attacks were getting bolder and a second sortie was made on 1st December under [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/117/mode/1up William Dennie] which was equally successful.
== British & Indian Regiments ==
[[13th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
Artillery<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]Somerset Record Office<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=Jellalabad&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA201,M1 Google Books - Siege of Jellalabad]Google Books<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/siege-jellalabad.htm BritishBattles.com - Siege of Jellalabad]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=Jellalabad&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA201,M1 Google Books - Siege of Jellalabad]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024533/ ODNB - Maj Gen Sir Robert Sale]ODNB<br> ==== Historical books on-line ====[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad'' ] by George Robert Gleig 1846 [http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ (Google Books])
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jalalabad, Siege of]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Jalalabad]]
