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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=9 March-16 May 1840
|location=[Tazee, near Nauruk, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.3094,67.2036&z=15&t=h&hl=en 32.3094°N 67.2036°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=Captain W. Anderson
|commander2=
|strength1=1,200
|strength2=2,500
|casualties1=
|casualties2=200
}}
== Synopsis ==
Ghilzai tribesmen threatened to cut communications between [[Kabul]] and [[Kandahar]] and they were confronted by a force sent by General Nott. The initial party under Capt A W Taylor was reinforced by a detachment under Capt W Anderson. They united at Naurak and confronted the Ghilzais at Tazee on 16 May.
== Field Force ==
'''Taylor's Detachment'''
*Two rissalahs Shah's Cavalry
*A party of Bengal Local Horse under Lieut Walker
*Detachment of Infantry under Capt Codington<br>
'''Anderson's Detachment'''
*HM 5th Regiment under Capt Woodburn
*2nd Troop Horse Artillery (4 guns)
== 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=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA96&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=5#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lcwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA328&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q=Tazee%201840&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/n196/mode/2up ''Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol I'' - Action at Tazee] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org)] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Tazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Tazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Tazee, Battle of]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=9 March-16 May 1840
|location=[Tazee, near Nauruk, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.3094,67.2036&z=15&t=h&hl=en 32.3094°N 67.2036°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=Captain W. Anderson
|commander2=
|strength1=1,200
|strength2=2,500
|casualties1=
|casualties2=200
}}
== Synopsis ==
Ghilzai tribesmen threatened to cut communications between [[Kabul]] and [[Kandahar]] and they were confronted by a force sent by General Nott. The initial party under Capt A W Taylor was reinforced by a detachment under Capt W Anderson. They united at Naurak and confronted the Ghilzais at Tazee on 16 May.
== Field Force ==
'''Taylor's Detachment'''
*Two rissalahs Shah's Cavalry
*A party of Bengal Local Horse under Lieut Walker
*Detachment of Infantry under Capt Codington<br>
'''Anderson's Detachment'''
*HM 5th Regiment under Capt Woodburn
*2nd Troop Horse Artillery (4 guns)
== 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=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA96&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=5#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lcwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA328&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q=Tazee%201840&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/n196/mode/2up ''Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol I'' - Action at Tazee] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org)] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (Google Books)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Tazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Tazee, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Tazee, Battle of]]
