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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde Sir Colin Campbell]
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''2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars''
''2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars''
*[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]] - ''Major Coles''
*[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]] - ''Major Coles''
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Cavalry]] - ''Major s Browne''
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Cavalry]] - ''Major S Browne''
*Detachment [[Lahore Light Horse]]
*Detachment [[Lahore Light Horse]]
*Detachment [[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Cavalry]]
*Detachment [[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Cavalry]]
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*Troop [[Bengal Horse Artillery]] - ''Lt-Col Remmington''
*Troop [[Bengal Horse Artillery]] - ''Lt-Col Remmington''
*2 Heavy Field Battery [[Bengal Artillery]] (4 guns) - ''Capt Francis''
*2 Heavy Field Battery [[Bengal Artillery]] (4 guns) - ''Capt Francis''
*Light Field Battery [[Bengal Artillery]] (4 guns) - ''Maj Hammond'
*Light Field Battery [[Bengal Artillery]] (4 guns) - ''Maj Hammond''
*Siege Train Company [[Royal Artillery]] - ''Maj Le Mesurier''
*Siege Train Company [[Royal Artillery]] - ''Maj Le Mesurier''



Latest revision as of 12:41, 2 May 2011

Battle of Bareilly
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 5-6 May 1858
Location: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.353230°N 79.409370°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Sir Colin Campbell Khan Bahadur Khan
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

Cavalry
1st Brigade under Brigadier H Richmond Jones, 6th Dragoon Guards

2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars

Artillery under Lt-Col Brind CB BA

Infantry
Highland Brigade under Lt-Col Leith Hay CB, 93rd Highlanders

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Capture of Bareilly
Bareilly - Gazetteer 1858

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548