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[[Category:Battles|Khyber Pass, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]
|date=5 April 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Khyber Pass, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.102179,71.121968&z=9&t=h&hl=en 34.102179°N 71.121968°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022478/ Maj Gen George Pollock]
|commander2=
|strength1=
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|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[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]<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=Khyber&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA204,M1 Google Books - Gen Pollock's Despatch]
