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Relieving Force under Captain Dunbar was defeated by the Indian Forces.
Relieving Force under Captain Dunbar was defeated by the Indian Forces.
 
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/73/mode/1up John Carnac (1716-1800)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/78/mode/2up Alexander Champion]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Kasim (?-1777)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/388/mode/1up Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/405/mode/1up Giles Stibbert]<br>
 
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>

Revision as of 18:04, 2 January 2010

Battle of Buxar
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 23 October 1764
Location: Buxar, Bihar
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.563029°N 83.972530°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British East India Company Mughal Empire
Commanders
Maj Hector Munro Shuja-ud-Daulah
Mir Kasim
Strength
857 Europeans
5,297 Sepoys
918 Native cavalry
20 guns
50,000 troops
133 guns
Casualties
2 officers
4 rank and file
6000 men
130 guns

Commanding Officers

Field Officers:
Major Hector Munro Commander-in-Chief
Major Stibbert commanding Left wing
Major Carnac
Major Champion
Captain Gordon, ADC to Munro

Battalions:
1st Battalion - Captain Samuel Feake
6th Battalion - Captain Trevannion
8th Battalion - Captain Harper
Marine Battalion - Captain Wemyss
Grenadier Battalion - Captain Hay

Battalions Named after Commanding Officers (Captains):
Campbell
Duffield
Goddard
Jennings
Morgan
Nichol
Stable
Watts
Wilding

Lieutenant Mair commanded the 'Indian Horse'
2 Troops of European Cavalry Commanders not known

Relieving Force under Captain Dunbar was defeated by the Indian Forces.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Carnac (1716-1800)
Alexander Champion
Hector Munro (1726-1805)
Mir Kasim (?-1777)
Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)
Giles Stibbert

External Links

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Battle of Buxar Wikipedia
Battle of Buxar Google Books
Buxar Gazetteer 1857

Historical Books on-line

The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Buxar www.archive.org