Western Bihar Campaign
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Summary
Babu Kunwar Singh {recorded as Koer Singh in British accounts) was a wealthy land owner in the Shahabad district who joined the insurgents soon after the Mutiny at Dinapore.
Goruckpore Field Force
| HQ Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry | 130 men | under | Maj Richardson |
| Detachment 6th Madras Cavalry | 40 men | ||
| No 2 Madras Horse Light Field Battery | 4 guns | under | Capt Cadell |
| Pearl's Naval Brigade | 90 men + 4 guns | under | Capt Sotheby RN |
| HM 13th Light Infantry | 400 men | under | Maj Tyler |
| Regiment of Ferozepore | 250 men | under | Lt-Col Brasyer CB |
| Detachment 27th Madras Native Infantry | 60 men | under | Lt Shaw |
External LInks
The Cruise of the Pearl Google Books
Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny W L Clowes
Biography of Captain Sotheby RN www.pdavis.nl/
Short biography of Captain Edward Sotheby RN Google Books
