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Battalions:<br> | Battalions:<br> | ||
1st Battalion - Captain Samuel Feake<br> | [[9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|1st Battalion]] - Captain Samuel Feake<br> | ||
6th Battalion - Captain Trevannion<br> | [[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Battalion]] - Captain Trevannion<br> | ||
8th Battalion - Captain Harper<br> | [[8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Battalion]] - Captain Harper<br> | ||
Marine Battalion - Captain Wemyss<br> | Marine Battalion - Captain Wemyss<br> | ||
Grenadier Battalion - Captain Hay<br> | Grenadier Battalion - Captain Hay<br> | ||
Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):<br> | Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):<br> | ||
Campbell<br> | [[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Campbell]]<br> | ||
Duffield<br> | [[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Duffield]<br> | ||
Goddard<br> | [[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Goddard]]<br> | ||
Jennings<br> | Jennings<br> | ||
Morgan<br> | [[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Morgan]]<br> | ||
Nichol<br> | Nichol<br> | ||
Stable<br> | Stable<br> | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 24 February 2010
| Battle of Buxar | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 3rd Carnatic War Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | 23 October 1764 | |
| Location: | Buxar, Bihar | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 25.563029°N 83.972530°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British East India Company | Mughal Empire | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Hector Munro | Shuja-ud-Daulah Mir Kasim | |
| Strength | ||
| 857 Europeans 5,297 Sepoys 918 Native cavalry 20 guns |
50,000 troops 133 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
| 2 officers 4 rank and file |
6000 men 130 guns | |
Commanding Officers
Field Officers:
Major Hector Munro Commander-in-Chief
Major Stibbert commanding Left wing
Major Carnac
Major Champion
Captain Gordon, ADC to Munro
Battalions:
1st Battalion - Captain Samuel Feake
6th Battalion - Captain Trevannion
8th Battalion - Captain Harper
Marine Battalion - Captain Wemyss
Grenadier Battalion - Captain Hay
Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):
Campbell
[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Duffield]
Goddard
Jennings
Morgan
Nichol
Stable
Watts
Wilding
Lieutenant Mair commanded the 'Indian Horse'
2 Troops of European Cavalry Commanders not known
Relieving Force under Captain Dunbar was defeated by the Indian Forces.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Carnac (1716-1800)
Alexander Champion
Hector Munro (1726-1805)
Mir Kasim (?-1777)
Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)
Giles Stibbert
External Links
Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Battle of Buxar Wikipedia
Battle of Buxar Google Books
Buxar Gazetteer 1857
Historical Books on-line
The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Buxar www.archive.org