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== Synopsis ==
General Nott's army was encamped and forage for horses was being collected. When a rumour started that grasscutters had been attacked, Capt Delamain took off with a party of cavalry. The rumour proved false but Delamain was abushed by Afghan infantry and cavalry. He suffered casualties and was forced to retreat in confusion. General Nott carried out reprisals against a nearby village.
== 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]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA597&dq=Mookoor&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA597,M1 Google Books - Action at Mookoor]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Maj Gen Sir William Nott] ODNB ==== Historical books on-line ====[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA217&dq=Recollections+of+Forty+Years+Service+in+the+East+Captain+Neill&ei=pzulSZDfMYKGkATN44iKDg#PPA217,M1 Google Books ''Recollections of four years' service in the East with H.M. Fortieth regiment...'' - Captain Neill's Account]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ ODNB - Maj Gen Sir William Nott]
[[Category:Battles|Mookoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Mookoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan|Mookoor, Battle of]]
