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Action at Jugdulluk Pass

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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=18 October 1842
|location=Jegdalek, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.427737,69.760313&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.427737°N 69.760313°E]
|result=British losses
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Ghilzai tribesmen
|commander1=Brig Gen Thomas Monteath<br>Lt-Col Richmond
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=6 killed<br>37 wounded
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[The Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Brigadier Monteath commanding the rearguard with two guns held the Jugdulluk Pass while the main column and baggage passed through.

== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Jagdalak/Jegdalek<br>
Variants: Jagdalek/Jagdalik/Jugdulluk<br>

== 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=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 History of the War in Afghanistan] Google Books<br>

==== Historical books on-line ====
''Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents" by Joachim Hayward Stocquele 1893 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan+main+column+of+the+division+into&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Monteath's despatch] (Google Books)

[[Category:1st Afghan War|Jugdulluk Pass, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Withdrawal from Afghanistan|Jugdulluk Pass, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Jugdulluk Pass, Battle of]]

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