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|combatant1=British and IndiansIndian garrison
|combatant2=Durrani tribesmen
|commander1=Major Lane<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Sir_Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baronet Maj Gen Sir William NottHenry Rawlinson]|commander2=Atta MahomedPrince Sufder Jung<br>Prince Sufter JungMeerza Ahmed
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|casualties2=600
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== Synopsis ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott General Nott] determined to attack the dissident Afghan forces which had been hovering around [[Kandahar]] during the winter. On 7 March he set out with a large contingent leaving the [[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Native Infantry]] and two regiments and a wing of the Shah's infantry to protect the city. The enemy however kept withdrawing out of reach and Nott realised that they intended to double back and attack Kandahar. On the night of 10 March there were a large number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_warriors Ghazis] close to the walls. They set fire to brushwood and faggots against the Herat Gate which caught fire and collapsed. A gun was hastily brought up and a desperate defence maintained until midnight when the Afghans withdrew. Kandahar had come close to being captured but the result was a heavy blow to the Durrani insurrection.
== Biographies ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History <br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office <br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA233&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan:+Aktar+Khan,+chief+of+Zamindawur,+having+assembled&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Memorials of Affghanistan'' - Action at Kandahar] by J H Stocqueler 1863 (Google Books)[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5NANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA584PA150&dq=History+of+the+Warwar+in+Afghanistan+JohnThe+city+having+W.thus+Kayebeen+1851cleared&cd=21#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the war in Afghanistan, Volume 23'' - Reappearance of Aktur KhanAttack on Kandahar] by Sir John William Kaye 1851 1858 (Google Books)
[[Category:Battles|Kandahar, Attack on]]
[[Category:General Nott at Kandahar|Kandahar, Attack on]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kandahar, Attack on]]
