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[[Category:Battles|Koorai, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=25 October 1858
|date=25 October 1858
|location=Khurai, Maghya Pradesh  
|location=Khurai, Madhya Pradesh  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.04056,78.333245&z=10&t=h&hl=en  24.04056°N 78.333245°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.04056,78.333245&z=10&t=h&hl=en  24.04056°N 78.333245°E]   
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Gen Mitchell
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michel_(British_Army_officer) Maj-Gen John Michel]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope Tatya Tope]
|commander2=[[Tatya Tope]]
|strength1=  
|strength1= 600 cavalry<br>1,100 infantry<br>8 guns
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=   
|casualties1=   
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}}


== Field Force ==
'''1st Column'''
*3rd Troop [[Bombay Horse Artillery]] (60 men and 4 guns)
*[[8th Dragoons|HM 8th Hussars]] (118 men)
*[[17th Bengal Lancers|HM 17th Lancers]] (90 men)
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|1st Bombay Lancers]] (93 men)
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]] (98 men)
*[[95th Regiment of Foot|HM 95th Regiment]] (20 men)
*[[38th Central India Horse|Mayne's Horse]] (150 men)<br>
:'''Total 629 men'''<br>
'''2nd Column'''
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]] (50 men)
*Bombay Artillery (80 men and 4 guns)
*[[71st Regiment of Foot|HM 71st Highlanders]] (210 men)
*[[92nd Regiment of Foot|HM 92nd Highlanders]] (320 men)
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|19th Regiment of Native Infantry]] (550 men)
:'''Total 1,190 men'''<br>
:'''Grand total 1,819 men'''
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Khurai<br>
Variants: Koorai/Kurai<br>
== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]
[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=3tc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA481&dq=Kurai+1858&ei=PAPHSpWdF4vEywTOk8GjBA#v=onepage&q=Kurai%201858&f=false Michel's dispatch] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018649/ Sir John Michel] ODNB
[[Category:Battles|Koorai, Battle of]]
[[Category:Central India Campaign|Koorai, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Koorai, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 11:23, 23 April 2011

Battle of Koorai
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 25 October 1858
Location: Khurai, Madhya Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 24.04056°N 78.333245°E
Result:
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj-Gen John Michel Tatya Tope
Strength
600 cavalry
1,100 infantry
8 guns
Casualties

Field Force

1st Column

Total 629 men

2nd Column

Total 1,190 men
Grand total 1,819 men

Spelling Variants

Modern name:Khurai
Variants: Koorai/Kurai

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Michel's dispatch Google Books
Sir John Michel ODNB