Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Maidan (First Afghan War).

Fought September 14, 1842, between the British, under General Nott, and 12,000 Afghans, under Shems-ud-din, who occupied the heights commanding the road to Kabul. Nott attacked and carried the Afghan position, the Afghans being driven off with heavy loss.