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== Rebel Forces ==
== Summary ==
1st Bombay Lancers<br>30th Native Infantry<br>15th Native Infantry<br>Jellalabad Battery of Native Artillery
The two native infantry regiments mutinied and seized the guns. They were charged by the Lancers but were able to march away in the direction of Delhi.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://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=8DMYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR26&dq=Nusseerabad+28th+May+1857&as_brr=3&ei=GbZCSYT_DZXSlQTdwLzQDg#PRA1-PR26,M1 Google Books - Mutiny at Nusseerabad]
[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=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Nusseerabad] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 11:12, 7 October 2010

Mutiny at Nusseerabad
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 28 May 1857
Location: Nasirabad, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.297436°N 74.735731°E
Result: British flight to Ajmer
Combatants
Commanders
Strength
1st Bombay Lancers 30th Native Infantry
15th Native Infantry
Jellalabad Battery of Native Artillery
Casualties
Major Spottisood & Cornet Newberry killed
Colonel Penny, Bombay Lancers, died of apoplexy
Lieut Lock & Capt Hardy badly wounded

Summary

The two native infantry regiments mutinied and seized the guns. They were charged by the Lancers but were able to march away in the direction of Delhi.

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Mutiny at Nusseerabad Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548