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Battle of Jellalabad

1841 CE · Afghanistan, Asia · War

Battle of Jellalabad
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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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