Battle of Nusrutpore

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Battle of Nusrutpore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 23 January 1858
Location: Nusrutpore, Sikandra, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.596685°N 81.964889°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Gen T.H.Franks Nazim Fuzil Azeem
Strength
1,427 men
6 field guns
8,000 men
14 guns
Casualties
6 men wounded
3 horses killed
4 horse wounded
500 killed& wounded
2 guns

Jaunpur Field Force

Left Column under Col Ingram 97th Regiment
Detachment 8th Coy 2nd Batt Royal Artillery (28 men)
Detachment 2nd Madras Light Field Battery(33 men)
Gurkha Artillery (24 men)
HM 97th Regiment (441 men)
Shere Batt Gurkhas (443 men)
Burruj Bahadur Gurkhas (432 men)
Native Artillery Detail (28 men)

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Franks' Despatch Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548