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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Brig Horsford
|commander1=[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/208/mode/1up/ Brig Alfred Horsford]
|commander2=Gen Davhie Deen<br>Nazim Mehndee Hussein
|commander2=Gen Davhie Deen<br>Nazim Mehndee Hussein
|strength1=1,589 troops  
|strength1=1,589 troops  
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== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
*F Troop Royal Horse Artillery  
*F Troop [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
:45 men and 2 six pounder guns under Lieut Lyon
:45 men and 2 six pounder guns under Lieut Lyon
*Q Field Battery Royal Artillery  
*Q Field Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
:49 men and 2 nine pounder guns under Lieut Strange
:49 men and 2 nine pounder guns under Lieut Strange
*7th Hussars
*[[7th (Queen's Own)Hussars|7th Hussars]]
:101 men under Capt Stisted  
:101 men under Capt Stisted  
*1st Hodson's Horse
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|1st Hodson's Horse]]
:76 men under Lieut Palliser   
:76 men under Lieut Palliser   
*Oudh Military Police Cavalry
*Oudh Military Police Cavalry
:133 men under Lieut Sadleir  
:133 men under Lieut Sadleir  
HM 61st Regiment
*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Regiment]]
:310 men   
:310 men   
*32nd Light Infantry
*[[32nd Regiment of Foot|32nd Light Infantry]]
:312 men under Lt-Col Carmichael
:312 men under Lt-Col Carmichael
*1st Madras Fusiliers
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras Fusiliers]]
:321 men under Lt-Col Galway
:321 men under Lt-Col Galway
*5th Punjab Rifles
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Rifles]]
:180 men under Capt Hoste
:180 men under Capt Hoste
*Oudh Military Police Infantry
*Oudh Military Police Infantry
:351 men under Capt Bunbury
:351 men under Capt Bunbury
*Madras Sappers
*[[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Sappers]]
:20 men under Lieut Raynsford
:20 men under Lieut Raynsford



Latest revision as of 14:14, 21 June 2010

Battle of Daodpore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 20 October 1858
Location: Daudpur, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.299641°N 81.951427°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Alfred Horsford Gen Davhie Deen
Nazim Mehndee Hussein
Strength
1,589 troops 200 cavalry
4,000 infantry
2 guns
Casualties

Field Force

45 men and 2 six pounder guns under Lieut Lyon
49 men and 2 nine pounder guns under Lieut Strange
101 men under Capt Stisted
76 men under Lieut Palliser
  • Oudh Military Police Cavalry
133 men under Lieut Sadleir
310 men
312 men under Lt-Col Carmichael
321 men under Lt-Col Galway
180 men under Capt Hoste
  • Oudh Military Police Infantry
351 men under Capt Bunbury
20 men under Lieut Raynsford

External Links

Brigadier Horsford's Dispatch Google Books