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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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=hltHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA319&dq=Chinhut&as_brr=1&ei=uiIrSNiSC5HCyQSU-4mPCw#v=onepage&q=Chinhut&f=false Battle at Chinhut] Google Books
[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=hltHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA319&dq=Chinhut&as_brr=1&ei=uiIrSNiSC5HCyQSU-4mPCw#v=onepage&q=Chinhut&f=false Battle at Chinhut] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VsWM-rkMU1wC&pg=PA156&dq=Chinhut&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Chinhut&f=false Battle at Chinhut] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 16:41, 15 November 2009

Battle of Chinhut
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 30 June 1857
Location: Chinhat, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.883334°N 81.016670°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Sir Henry Lawrence
Strength
Casualties

Field Detachment

Artillery

  • Horse Light Field Battery (4 guns)
  • No 2 Oude Field Battery (4 guns)
  • One 8 inch howitzer

Cavalry

  • Troop of volunteer cavalry (40 troopers)
  • Detachments of 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry (120 troopers)

Infantry

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chinhat
Variants: Chinhut

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Battle at Chinhut Google Books
Battle at Chinhut Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
"Our Bones are Scattered" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107