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| [[Category:Battles|Mujowlee, Battle of]] | | [[Category:Battles|Mujowlee, Battle of]] |
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| |partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
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| |date=26 December 1857
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| |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majhauli_Raj Majhauli, Lar, Uttar Pradesh]
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.29621,83.968506&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.29621°N 83.968506°E]
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| |result=British victory
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1= [[East India Company]]
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| |combatant2=Rebel sepoys
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| |commander1=Col H.Rowcroft
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| |commander2=Hurkishen Sing<br>Naib Nazim Mushurruf Khan
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| |strength1=1,080
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| |strength2=6,000
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| |casualties1=1 camp follower
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| |casualties2=150
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| == Sarun Field Force ==
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| Royal marines (30 men)<br>Naval brigade (130 men)<br>Ramdull Goorkha Regt (500 men)<br>Gorucknath Goorkha Regt (350 men)<br>Capt Rattray's Seikhs (50 men)<br>Four 12 pounder howitzers
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=Mujowlee&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#PPA83,M1 Google Books - Action at Mujowlee]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OMYsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1516&dq=Rowcroft+1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=_bxYScnYEYfCzgTQ54jLCQ#PPA1508,M1 Google Books - Rowcroft's Despatch]
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
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| [[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mujowlee, Battle of]] | | [[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mujowlee, Battle of]] |
| | '''See [[Battle of Sohunpore]]''' |