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Field Detachment. Strength 1 & 2
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lieut Col J Byng
|commander2=Nazim Mahomed Hossein
|strength1= about 630 |strength2= 5,000<br>2 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=200
}}
== Field Detachment ==
Lt-Col J Byng, Commanding<br>
Lt Fairlie, Staff Officer<br>
Lt Rowley, Orderly Officer<br>
'''Pearl Naval Brigade''' under Capt Sotheby RN<br>
5 officers incl Lt Turnour RN, Mr Mate Inglis RN<br>
105 seamen & marines<br>
Two 12 pounder howitzers<br>
One 24 pounder rocket
'''Bengal Artillery''' under Lt Welsh<br>
1 officer<br>17 European rank & file<br>7 gun Lascars<br>19 bullock drivers<br>2 guns
'''HM 13th Light Infantry''' under Capt van Straubenzee<br>
6 officers incl Lt Everett, Lt Wroughton, Lt Rowley<br>160 rank & file<br>Dr Gee
'''Sikh Detachment''' under Lt Maddock, 3rd Bengal European Regt<br>
2 native officers<br>81 rank & file
'''Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry''' under Captain Chapman
7 officers<br>140 rank & file<br>1 surgeon Dr Garden<br>1 veterinary surgeon
'''6th Madras Light Cavalry''' under Captain Mulcaster<br>
4 European officers incl Lt Fairlie<br>3 native officers<br>2 European warrant & non-commissioned officers<br>84 rank & file<br>6 trumpeters & farriers
Lt Garnault, Bengal Engineers<br>
Mr Wilson, Deputy Magistrate Bengal Civil Service
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tqc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3386&dq=Hurriah&as_brr=3&ei=xr2ASIqeNoicjgHjr4yrCA#PPA3385,M1 Google Books - Lt-Col Byng's Despatch]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
