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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Following the defeat of [ | Following the defeat of [[Nana Sahib]] at the [[Second Lucknow Relief]] in November 1857 and the defeat of [[Tatya Tope]] at the second [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Battle of Cawpore]] in December, forces were raised to pursue the rebels north of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaghara_River Gogra River]. [[Colonel Francis Rowcroft]] took command of the [[Sarun Field Force]] and, together with the [http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Naval Brigade] from HMS Pearl under [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=733 Captain Edward Sotheby RN], won a series of victories between November 1857 and November 1858. [[James Hope Grant|James Hope Grant]] took command of the trans-Gogra force, crossing the river in November 1858 and running to earth the last remaining bodies of rebels. Remnants of the rebel units took refuge in Nepal and Nana Sahib is thought to have died there. | ||
== Goruckpore Field Force == | == Goruckpore Field Force == | ||
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Summary
Following the defeat of Nana Sahib at the Second Lucknow Relief in November 1857 and the defeat of Tatya Tope at the second Battle of Cawpore in December, forces were raised to pursue the rebels north of the Gogra River. Colonel Francis Rowcroft took command of the Sarun Field Force and, together with the Naval Brigade from HMS Pearl under Captain Edward Sotheby RN, won a series of victories between November 1857 and November 1858. James Hope Grant took command of the trans-Gogra force, crossing the river in November 1858 and running to earth the last remaining bodies of rebels. Remnants of the rebel units took refuge in Nepal and Nana Sahib is thought to have died there.
Goruckpore Field Force
| HQ Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry | 130 men | under | Maj Richardson |
| Detachment 6th Madras Cavalry | 40 men | ||
| No 2 Madras Horse Light Field Battery | 4 guns | under | Capt Cadell |
| Pearl's Naval Brigade | 90 men + 4 guns | under | Capt Sotheby RN |
| HM 13th Light Infantry | 400 men | under | Maj Tyler |
| Regiment of Ferozepore | 250 men | under | Lt-Col Brasyer CB |
| Detachment 27th Madras Native Infantry | 60 men | under | Lt Shaw |
External LInks
The Cruise of the Pearl Google Books
Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny W L Clowes
Biography of Captain Sotheby RN www.pdavis.nl/
Short biography of Captain Edward Sotheby RN Google Books