Battle of Chandeepore: Difference between revisions

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Battle of Chandeepore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date:	17 February 1858
Location:	Sundarpur on the Gogra River opposite Baghar, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	26.364627°N 83.05137°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Col Rowcroft Capt Edward Sotheby RN
Strength

Casualties

This was one of the events of the Trans-Gogra Campaign

Modern Name: Sundarpur
Variants: Chandeepore/Chanderpore/Chunderpoor

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 |presidency=[[Bengal]]
 |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.364627,83.05137&z=10&t=h&hl=en 26.364627°N 83.05137°E]
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+'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
+== Field Detachment ==
+*130 [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
+*35 Sikhs
+*60 Gurkhas
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 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1739&dq=Gogra%2B1858&as_brr=3&ei=iEJ2SNTxOZOaigH10Lz-DA#PPA1739,M1 Battle of Chandeepore] Google Books<br>
 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=Chanderpore%2B1858&as_brr=3&ei=Q4LGSM36A4v-jgHoqrTrDQ#PPA114,M1 Capture of Chanderpore] Google Books<br>
-[http://books.google.com/books?id=BWLypQe-OsEC&pg=PA357&dq=Sotheby+Clifton+Portsmouth&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Sotheby%20Clifton%20Portsmouth&f=false Short biography of Captain Edward Sotheby RN] Google Books
 [[Category:Battles|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
 [[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
+[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
 [[Category:Indian Mutiny|Chandeepore, Battle of]]