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== Major Hume's Column ==
== Major Hume's Column ==
*150 rank & file [[1st Bengal Fusiliers]]
*150 rank & file [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers |1st Bengal Fusiliers]]
*2nd Coy 3rd Batt Artillery (two 9-pounders)
*2nd Coy 3rd Batt Artillery (two 9-pounders)
*56 sabres [[Hodson's Horse]]
*56 sabres [[Hodson's Horse]]

Latest revision as of 13:19, 23 August 2013

Battle of Kintoor
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 6 October 1858
Location: Kantur, near Bado Sarai, Daryabad, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.020635°N 81.485903°E
Result: British victory

27.020635, 81.485903

Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj A.Hume
Rajah of Kapurthala
Abson Khan
Mohamed Ameer Khan
Strength
See account 3,000 infantry
2-300 cavalry
4 guns
Casualties
4 wounded
1 horse killed, 7 wounded
450 killed

Major Hume's Column

  • Rajah's Artillery (five 8-pounders, three 6-pounders)
  • 124 sabres Rajah's Cavalry
  • 650 rank & file Rajah's Infantry

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kantur
Variants:Kintoor

External Links

Battle at Kintoor Google Books