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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=1 December 1840
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhadar Dhadar], [[Baluchistan]]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.566667,67.383333&z=11&t=h&hl=en 28.566667°N 67.383333°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people Brahui tribesmen]
|commander1=Colonel Marshall
|commander2= Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan
|strength1=
|strength2=3,000
|casualties1=5 killed and 30 wounded
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Affairs in Beloochistan]]'''
== Summary ==
Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan and his Brahui tribesmen wer finally defeated at Kotra. His camp was attacked from one direction by Col Marshall with 350 infantry and 50 horse and from another by Capt Teasdale with 500 infantry.
== Marshall's Forces ==
*[[25th Regiment of Foot|HM 25th Regiment]] under Capt Teasdale
*Two coys [[21st Regiment of Foot|HM 21st Regiment]] under Capt Ennis
*Two coys 2nd Grenadiers under Capt Boyd
*90 Poona Horse under Lieut Smith
*Two guns under Lieut Pruen
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kotra<br>
Variants: Kotrah/Kotree<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=Colonel+Marshall+1st+December+1840&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Kotra] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+1+By+Edward+Thornton+KOTREE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Kotree] Gazetteer 1844
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library
[[Category:Battles|Kotra, Battle of]]
[[Category:Affairs in Beloochistan|Kotra, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kotra, Battle of]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=1 December 1840
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhadar Dhadar], [[Baluchistan]]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.566667,67.383333&z=11&t=h&hl=en 28.566667°N 67.383333°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people Brahui tribesmen]
|commander1=Colonel Marshall
|commander2= Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan
|strength1=
|strength2=3,000
|casualties1=5 killed and 30 wounded
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Affairs in Beloochistan]]'''
== Summary ==
Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan and his Brahui tribesmen wer finally defeated at Kotra. His camp was attacked from one direction by Col Marshall with 350 infantry and 50 horse and from another by Capt Teasdale with 500 infantry.
== Marshall's Forces ==
*[[25th Regiment of Foot|HM 25th Regiment]] under Capt Teasdale
*Two coys [[21st Regiment of Foot|HM 21st Regiment]] under Capt Ennis
*Two coys 2nd Grenadiers under Capt Boyd
*90 Poona Horse under Lieut Smith
*Two guns under Lieut Pruen
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kotra<br>
Variants: Kotrah/Kotree<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=Colonel+Marshall+1st+December+1840&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Kotra] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+1+By+Edward+Thornton+KOTREE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Kotree] Gazetteer 1844
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library
[[Category:Battles|Kotra, Battle of]]
[[Category:Affairs in Beloochistan|Kotra, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kotra, Battle of]]
