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Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):<br>
Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):<br>
[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Campbell]]<br>
[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Campbell]]<br>
[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Duffield]<br>
[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Duffield]]<br>
[[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Goddard]]<br>
[[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Goddard]]<br>
Jennings<br>
Jennings<br>

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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
Duffield
Goddard
Jennings
Morgan
Nichol
Stables
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
Another account Google Books
Buxar Gazetteer 1857

Historical Books on-line

The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Buxar www.archive.org