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[[Category:Battles|Buxar, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Buxar, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date= 23 October 1764
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxar Buxar, Bihar]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.563029,83.972532&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.563029°N 83.972530°E]
|result= British victory
|territory=
|combatant1= British [[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[[Mughal Empire]]
|commander1= [[Hector Munro|Major Hector Munro]]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula Shuja-ud-Daulah]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Kasim Mir Kasim]
|strength1=857 Europeans<br>5,297 Sepoys<br>918 Native cavalry<br>20 guns
|strength2= 50,000 troops<br>133 guns
|casualties1= 2 officers <br>4 rank and file
|casualties2= 6000 men<br>130 guns
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
==Commanding Officers==
Field Officers:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/306/mode/2up Major Hector Munro] Commander-in-Chief<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/404/mode/2up Major Giles Stibbert] commanding left wing<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/73/mode/1up Major John Carnac]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/78/mode/2up Major Alexander Champion]<br>
Captain Gordon, ADC to Munro<br>
Battalions:<br>
[[9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|1st Battalion]] - Captain Samuel Feake<br>
[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Battalion]] - Captain Trevannion<br>
[[8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Battalion]] - Captain Harper<br>
Marine Battalion - Captain Wemyss<br>
Grenadier Battalion - Captain Hay<br>
Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):<br>
[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Campbell]]<br>
[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Duffield]]<br>
[[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Goddard]]<br>
Jennings<br>
[[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Morgan]]<br>
Nichol<br>
[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Stables]]<br>
Watts<br>
Wilding<br>
Lieutenant Mair commanded the 'Indian Horse'<br>
2 Troops of European Cavalry Commanders not known<br>
Relieving Force under Captain Dunbar was defeated by the Indian Forces.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/73/mode/1up John Carnac (1716-1800)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/78/mode/2up Alexander Champion]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Kasim (?-1777)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/388/mode/1up Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/405/mode/1up Giles Stibbert]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buxar Battle of Buxar] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iCYyCCuCEF4C&pg=PA115&dq=Buxar&as_brr=1&ei=cIQ5SKL4I5DAygT6mfDLDw Battle of Buxar] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iCYyCCuCEF4C&pg=PA115&dq=Buxar&as_brr=1&ei=cIQ5SKL4I5DAygT6mfDLDw#v=onepage&q=Buxar&f=false Another account] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA171&dq=Buxar=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA171,M1 Buxar] Gazetteer 1857
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n197/mode/2up The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Buxar] www.archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Buxar, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Buxar, Battle of]]
