Battle of Jalalabad (1842)

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This article is about the 1842 conflict. For other battles, see Battle of Jalalabad.

Battle of Jalalabad
Part of the First Anglo-Afghan War

The British troops (right) attack the Afghan line (illustration from a British book)
Date12 November 1841 – 7 April 1842
Location
Jalalabad
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Emirate of Kabul
Commanders and leaders
Sir Robert Sale
William Dennie †		 Mohammad Akbar Khan
Strength
5,000 Unknown

The Battle of Jalalabad in 1842 was an Afghan siege of the isolated British outpost at Jalalabad, about 90 miles (140 km) east of Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The siege was lifted after five months when a British counterattack routed the Afghans, driving them back to Kabul.

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