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Prince Sufder Jung, son of Shah Shuja, defected from [[Kandahar]] and joined the rebelling tribes under Atta Mahomed Khan. When they approached Kandahar General Nott sent out a force to oppose them. At the village of Killa-Chuk the Afghans were comprehensively defeated.
'''''"Atta Mahomed attempted to make a stand; but our troops moved forward - carried the village by storm - and slaughtered every man, woman, and child, within its walls."''''' <ref>[http://books.google.comco.uk/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJdOQ9DDbgEFwC&pg=PA138PA94&dq=HistoryA+Memoir+of+theMajor-General+warSir+inHenry+AfghanistanCreswicke+Rawlinson+Atta+MahomedMahommed+attempted+to+make+a+stand&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false History Memoir of the Afghan War Vol IIISir henry Rawlinson] </ref>
== Nott's Force ==
'''Right Column'''<br>
''Colonel MacLaren''
*[[40th Regiment of Foot|HM 40th Infantry]]<br>*[[2nd Regiment of FootBengal Native Infantry|HM 2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>*[[16th Regiment of FootBengal Native Infantry|HM 16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Left Column'''
*[[38th Regiment of FootBengal Native Infantry|HM 38th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*One wing [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*5th Shah's Infantry
