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== Campaign Area == | == Campaign Area == | ||
[[Image:Nowsheramap.jpg|Expedition Area]] | [[Image:Nowsheramap.jpg|Expedition Area]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Hindustani Fanatics 1857-58]] | ||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[[:Category: | |partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]] | ||
|date=4 May 1857 | |date=4 May 1857 | ||
|location=Sittana, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera_District Nowshera District, NWF] | |location=Sittana, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera_District Nowshera District, NWF] | ||
Revision as of 18:49, 19 February 2009
Campaign Area
| Hindustani Fanatics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 4 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Sittana, Nowshera District, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.997859°N 71.96028°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Hindustani Fanatics & Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj-Gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Campaign Actions
Battle of Shekh Jana
Battle of Narinji
Battle of Chinglee
Battle of Mangal Thana
Battle of Pantjar
Battle of Sittana
Field Force
First Column
Peshawar Light Field Battery (4 guns)
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)
98th Foot (260 men)
7th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)
Guides Cavalry (200 men)
Peshawar Light Horse (30 men)
Sappers & Miners (100 men)
9th Punjab Infantry (400 men)
18th Punjab Infantry (400 men)
21st Native Infantry (300 men)
Guides Infantry (300 men)
Second Column
Lieut Col H.Renny, 81st Foot
81st Foot (200 men)
18th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)
Sappers & Miners (47 men)
Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (200 men)
38th Dogras
8th Punjab Infantry (450 men)
Third Column
Maj A.T.Allen, 81st Foot
81st Foot (105 men)
98th Foot (100 men)
7th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)
18th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)
Guides Cavalry (600 men)
8th Punjab Infantry (54 men)
9th Punjab Infantry (137 men)
18th Punjab Infantry (185 men)
21st Native Infantry (155 men)
Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (254 men)
Guides Infantry (76 men)
Maj J.R.Becher's Column
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)
Hazara Mountain Train Battery (3 guns)
2nd Sikh Infantry (300 men)
6th Punjab Infantry (450 men)
12th Punjab Infantry (300 men)