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[[Category:Battles|Bhurtpore, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=Jat War
|partof=[[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War 1825-26]]
|date=18 January 1826
|date=18 January 1826
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India Bharatpur, Rajastan]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India Bharatpur, Rajastan]  
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|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|combatant2=Bhurtpore
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_Stapleton-Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere Lord Combermere]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_Stapleton-Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere Lord Combermere]
|commander2=Durjan Sal
|commander2=Durjan Sal
|strength1=  
|strength1= 20,000 men<br>112 guns
|strength2=  
|strength2= 20,000
|casualties1= 578 killed and wounded
|casualties1= 103 killed<br>466 wounded
|casualties2=  
|casualties2= 6,000
}}
}}
==Also see==
*[[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805]]
== External links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UFUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA135&dq=Bhurtpore&as_brr=1&ei=3FLER6GpCaTeiQH7oLnGCA#PPA135,M1 Siege of Bharatpur] Google Books<br>
[http://www.colonialwargaming.co.uk/Miscellany/Weapons/Artillery/Misc_pix/Bhurtpore01.jpg Bhurtpore gun] colonialwargaming.co.uk
==== Historical books online ====
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre01knolgoog#page/n60/mode/2up Siege of Bhurtpore] page 41 ''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Volume II'' by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org. Lord Combermere was Commander-In -Chief in India, and had been appointed to the position "as the man to take Bhurtpore"
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfMAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA445 "The Siege of Bhurtpore"] from  ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 23, January-June 1828'', page 445 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA396 "Siege of Bhurtpore"]  from ''Naval and Military Magazine  Volume 3 1828'', page 396 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c16216?urlappend=%3Bseq=9''Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore''] by J N  Creighton, Captain [[11th Light Dragoons|11th Regiment, Light Dragoons]] 1830  HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available at [https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12964/page/n1  Archive.org], mirror of a file from [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013464899?urlappend=%3Bseq=200 "Siege and Storm of Bhurtpore from the Letters of an Officer Present"],  ''The United Service Magazine 1834 Part 2'', page 188. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091765663#page/n583/mode/2up "Bhurtpore 1825-6"], page 573 ''British Battles on Land and Sea, Volume II'' by James Grant. First published c 1873 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/accountsofgypsie00macr/page/n143/mode/2up "The Siege of Bhurtpore"] page 127 ''Accounts of the Gypsies of India'' collected and edited by David  MacRitchie 1886 Archive.org
*'' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/6/mode/2up Names on monument of NCOs and men killed and description of assault on the fort] archive.org
*Some extracts regarding [then] Captain Taylor of the Bengal Engineers who was wounded.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22015/page/n31/mode/2up Page 21] ''The Asiatic Review Volume 7 July-November 1915'' Archive.org
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/sabresedge00mall/page/n5 ''The Sabre's Edge''] by Allan Mallinson 2004.  Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the [[1st Burma War]] and Bhurtpore.


== External Links ==
[[Category:Battles|Bhurtpore, Siege of]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UFUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA135&dq=Bhurtpore&as_brr=1&ei=3FLER6GpCaTeiQH7oLnGCA#PPA135,M1 Siege of Bharatpur]
[[Category:Jat War 1825-26|Bhurtpore, Siege of]]

Latest revision as of 11:45, 2 December 2022

Siege of Bhurtpore 1826
Part of Jat War 1825-26
Date: 18 January 1826
Location: Bharatpur, Rajastan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.223213°N 77.497929°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Bhurtpore
Commanders
Lord Combermere Durjan Sal
Strength
20,000 men
112 guns
20,000
Casualties
103 killed
466 wounded
6,000

Also see

External links

Siege of Bharatpur Google Books
Bhurtpore gun colonialwargaming.co.uk

Historical books online