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Battle of Fatepuhr

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[[Category:Battles|Fatepuhr, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Fatepuhr, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock [Henry Havelock|General Sir Henry Havelock]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantia_Topi Tantya [Tatya Tope] ] |strength1= 1,964 British and Indian|strength2= 3,500 men<br>12 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/195/mode/1up Henry Havelock (1795-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-59)]
== Havelock's Force ==
{|
|'''British Troops'''
|-
|[[64th Regiment of Foot|HM 64th Foot]] (from Persia)
|435 men
|Maj Sterling
|-
|[[78th Regiment of Foot|HM 78th Highlanders]] (from Persia)
|284 men
|Col Hamilton
|-
|[[84th Regiment of Foot|HM 84th Foot]] (from Pegu)
|190 men
|Lieut Ayrton
|-
|[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras Fusiliers]] (from Madras)
|376 men
|Maj Renaud
|-
|Voluntary Cavalry (from Allahabad)
|20 men
|Capt Barrow
|-
|[[Royal Artillery]] (from Ceylon)
|96 men
|Capt Maude
|-
|
|'''1,403 British'''
|-
|'''Native Troops'''
|-
|[[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Ferozpore]] (Sikhs)
|448 men
|Capt Brasyer
|-
|[[13th Irregular Cavalry]] and
|-
|3rd Oude Cavalry
|95 men
|Lieut Palliser
|-
|Artillery
|18 men
|-
|
|'''561 Native'''
|}
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wwYUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA249&dq=renaud%2BHavelock%2BFuttehpoor&ei=_PbBSuh1kog0m9DZggQ#v=onepage&q=11th%20of%20June%2BHavelock%2BSynee&f=false Action at Futtehpoor] Google Books
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
== Spelling Variants ==
 
Modern name: Fatehpur<br>
Variants: Fatepuhr/Futtepore/Futtehpoor<br>
[[Category:Battles|Fatepuhr, Battle of]]
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Fatepuhr, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Fatepuhr, Battle of]]

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