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[[Category:Battles|Cheekawutne, Serai of]]
[[Category:Battles|Cheekawutne, Serai of]]
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=23 August 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichawatni Chichwatni, Punjab]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.537847,72.690876&z=12&t=h&hl=en30.537847°N 72.690876°E] 
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Maj Crawford Chamberlain
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
}}
== 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=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA206&dq=Cheechawutnee&as_brr=3&ei=VRwbSYeWG6XmtgP_mdTyCw#PPA206,M1 Google Books - Siege at Chichawatni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=Cheechawutnee=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA198,M1 Cheechawutnee - Gazetteer 1857]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Indian Mutiny]]

Revision as of 18:44, 12 November 2008


Battle of Cheekawutne
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 23 August 1857
Location: Chichwatni, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 72.690876°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Crawford Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Siege at Chichawatni
Cheechawutnee - Gazetteer 1857

Recommended Reading

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