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|partof=[[ | |partof=[[:Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Trans-Gogra Campaign]] | ||
|date= December 1858 | |date= about 5 December 1858 | ||
|location= Uttar Pradesh | |location= Bunkussia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonda_District Gonda District], Uttar Pradesh | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
|co-ordinates= | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.127049,81.96085&z=10&t=h&hl=en approx 27.127049°N 81.96085°E] | ||
|result= | |result= Fort captured | ||
|territory= | |territory= | ||
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys | |combatant2=Rebel Sepoys | ||
|commander1=[ | |commander1=[[James Hope Grant|Sir James Hope Grant]] | ||
|commander2= | |commander2= | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LDs0ddIO-84C&pg=PA308&dq=Bunkussia&as_brr=3&ei=QLbOR4H1OozsjgHlmMmrBQ&sig=esGwMLkbQBEaFRFUxCvBBnJBZ3g#PPA315,M1 Capture of Bunkussia Fort] Google Books<br> | |||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br> | ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br> | ||
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207 | ''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207 | ||
[[Category:Battles|Bunkussia Fort, Battle of]] | |||
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