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[[Category:Battles|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=early March 1858
|location=[[Gorakhpur]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.756411,83.373643&z=12&t=h&hl=en 26.756411°N 83.373643°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Colonel Rowcroft
|commander2=Nazim Mahomed Hussein<br>Rajah of Gonda<br>Rajah of Churdah<br>Mehndee Ali Hussein
|strength1= 1,300+
|strength2= 12,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== HEIC Force ==
*200 Naval Brigade under Capt Sotheby RN
*200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry
*900 Goorkhas
*a few Sikhs
*4 guns
[[Category:Battles|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Goruckpore, Battle of]]
