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Action on the March to Gundamak

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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=30 October 1841
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandamak Gandamak, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.3000,70.0333&z=9&t=h&hl=en 34.3000°N 70.0333°E] |result=British losses
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024533/ Maj Gen Sir Robert Sale]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}

== Synopsis ==
On 30 October General Sale's brigade left Jugdulluk and experienced little opposition on a long winding climb. At the crest however the main body began the descent with out waiting for the baggage and rearguard.

== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=General%20Salen&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA196,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books
== Historical books on-line ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=POFGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan+The+same+caution+which+had+marked+the+whole&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan'' - The March to Jugdulluk] by Rev. G.R.Gleig 1846 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]
[[Category:General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]
[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk, Action on the March to]]

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