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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
 
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|commander1=[[Hugh Rose|Sir Hugh Rose]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Lakshmi_Bai Rani of Jhansi]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3236&dq=Koonch&as_brr=3#PPA3237,M1 Tantya Tope]
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Modern name: Kunch<br>
 
Modern name: Kunch<br>
 
Variants: Koonch<br>
 
Variants: Koonch<br>
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== Field Force, [[Hyderabad Contingent]] ==
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Major W A Orr commanding<br>
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*[[1st Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (182 sabres) under Lieut Dowker
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*[[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (137 sabres) under Capt Murray
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*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|Artillery]] under Captain Douglas
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:*1st Company Artillery (two 6-pounder guns)
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:*2nd Company Artillery (three 6-pounder guns)
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:*4th Company Artillery (two 12-pounder howitzers, two 5.5 inch mortars)
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*[[3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (333 bayonets) under Lieut Macquoid
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*[[5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (241 bayonets) under Capt Hare
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== External Link ==
 
== External Link ==
 
 
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024093/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gen Sir Hugh Rose]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3236&dq=Koonch&as_brr=3#PPA3237,M1 Google Books - Gen Rose's Despatch]
 
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024093/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gen Sir Hugh Rose]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3236&dq=Koonch&as_brr=3#PPA3237,M1 Google Books - Gen Rose's Despatch]
  

Latest revision as of 15:49, 24 March 2013

Battle of Koonch
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 7 May 1858
Location: Kunch, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.996953°N 79.17181°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel sepoys
Commanders
Sir Hugh Rose Rani of Jhansi
Tatya Tope
Strength
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kunch
Variants: Koonch

Field Force, Hyderabad Contingent

Major W A Orr commanding

  • 1st Company Artillery (two 6-pounder guns)
  • 2nd Company Artillery (three 6-pounder guns)
  • 4th Company Artillery (two 12-pounder howitzers, two 5.5 inch mortars)

External Link

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gen Sir Hugh Rose
Google Books - Gen Rose's Despatch