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[[Image:Bilwa.jpg|300px]]
[[Image:Bilwamap.jpg|thumb|Bilwa location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
[[Image:Bilwamap.jpg|thumb|Bilwa location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm  Indian Mutiny 1857-58] British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA431&dq=Belwar&as_brr=1&ei=ezyrR--4NJ-0iQGS4d2rCg#PPA431,M1 Battle at Belwar] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA122,M1 Belwar - Gazetteer 1857] Google Books<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Naval Brigade at Belwa] extract of ''Clowes, William Laird: "The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria"''
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm  Indian Mutiny 1857-58] British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Belwa&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#v=onepage&q=Belwa&f=false Battle at Belwar] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA122,M1 Belwar - Gazetteer 1857] Google Books<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Naval Brigade at Belwa] extract of ''Clowes, William Laird: "The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria"''


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Belwa<br>
Variants: Belwar/Bilwa<br>
[[Category:Battles|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]

Revision as of 11:42, 7 October 2009

Battle of Belwar Fort
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 2-5 March 1858
Location: Bilwa, near Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 26.599934°N 83.716658°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Col Francis Rowcroft
Strength
1,000 7,000
Casualties

Bilwa location
Survey map 1920-1946

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 British Empire website
Battle at Belwar Google Books
Belwar - Gazetteer 1857 Google Books
Naval Brigade at Belwa extract of Clowes, William Laird: "The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria"

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Belwa
Variants: Belwar/Bilwa