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[[Category:Battles|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=26 December 1857
|location=Sohunpore, 8 km west of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majhauli_Raj Sohunpore, Majhauli RajMairwa Mairwa, Uttar PradeshBihar] |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.29621283333,83.968506966666&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.29621°N 283333°N 83.968506°E966666°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1= [[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=Col H.Francis Rowcroft
|commander2=Hurkishen Sing<br>Naib Nazim Mushurruf Khan
|strength1=1,080
|casualties2=150
}}
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== Sarun Field Force ==
*Royal Marines (30 men)
* [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] (130 men)
*Ramdull Goorkha Regt (500 men)
*Gorucknath Goorkha Regt (350 men)
*Capt Rattray's Seikhs (50 men)
*Four 12 pounder howitzers
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=Mujowlee&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#PPA83,M1 Action at Sohunpore] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OMYsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1516&dq=Rowcroft+1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=_bxYScnYEYfCzgTQ54jLCQ#PPA1508,M1 Rowcroft's Despatch] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=The+Cruise+of+HMS+Pearl#v=onepage&q=The%20Cruise%20of%20HMS%20Pearl&f=false Naval Brigade account] Google Books
== Sarun Field Force Spelling Variants ==Royal marines (30 men)<br>Naval brigade (130 men)<br>Ramdull Goorkha Regt (500 men)<br>Gorucknath Goorkha Regt (350 men)Modern name: Sohanpur<br>Capt Rattray's Seikhs (50 men)<br>Four 12 pounder howitzers== External Links ==[httpVariants:Sohunpore//www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=Mujowlee&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#PPA83,M1 Google Books - Action at Mujowlee]Sonepore<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OMYsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1516&dq=Rowcroft+1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=_bxYScnYEYfCzgTQ54jLCQ#PPA1508,M1 Google Books - Rowcroft's Despatch]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
