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== Central India Field Force == | == Central India Field Force == | ||
'''1st Brigade (Brigadier Stuart)''' | '''1st Brigade (Brigadier Stuart)''' | ||
*One Squadron of HM | *One Squadron of HM [[14th Light Dragoons]]. | ||
*One Troop of 3rd Light Cavalry of Bombay Army. | *One Troop of [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]] of Bombay Army. | ||
*HM | *[[86th Regiment of Foot|HM 86th Foot]] (Two companies, other companies joined at Chanderi on 16 March 1858). | ||
* | *[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Infantry]] | ||
*Two Batteries of European Artillery | *Two Batteries of European Artillery | ||
* Sappers & Miners Detachment<br> | * Sappers & Miners Detachment<br> | ||
'''2nd Brigade''' | '''2nd Brigade''' | ||
*Headquarters HM | *Headquarters HM [[14th Light Dragoons]] | ||
*Headquarters 3rd | *Headquarters [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]] | ||
*3rd Bombay European Regiment | *[[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|3rd Bombay European Regiment]] | ||
*Bombay NI | *Bombay NI | ||
*Battery Horse Artillery | *Battery Horse Artillery | ||
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*Siege Train (Joined 15 January 1858)<br> | *Siege Train (Joined 15 January 1858)<br> | ||
'''Contingent Hyderabad State''' | '''Contingent Hyderabad State''' | ||
*1st Hyderabad Cavalry | *[[Deccan Horse|1st Hyderabad Cavalry]] | ||
*4th Hyderabad Cavalry | *[[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)|4th Hyderabad Cavalry]] | ||
*Artillery | *Artillery | ||
:*1st Company Hyderabad Artillery | :*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|1st Company Hyderabad Artillery]] | ||
:*2nd | :*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|2nd Company Hyderabad Artillery]] | ||
:*4th | :*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|4th Company Hyderabad Artillery]] | ||
:*Two Howitzers. | :*Two Howitzers. | ||
*Wing of 3rd Hyderabad Infantry | *Wing of [[3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|3rd Hyderabad Infantry]] | ||
*Wing of 5th Hyderabad Infantry | *Wing of [[5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|5th Hyderabad Infantry]] | ||
==Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force== | ==Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force== | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 25 June 2010
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Summary
Sir Colin Campbell's plan for the pacification of Central India was for separate columns to be formed from the two Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. The Bombay force, under the command of Sir Hugh Rose, should march from Mhow to Gwalior and Jhansi, and the Madras force, which was to be led by Sir Patrick Grant, should march towards Nagpore. These two columns were to act in concert to defeat rebel forces under the command of Tantia Topi. The major operations of the Central India Field Force under Rose and the Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force under Whitlock lasted for the whole of 1858 and resulted in the destruction of Tantia Tope's army as a significant threat. Other units taking part were the Rajputana Field Force under General Henry Roberts and the Malwa Field Force under Maj-Gen John Michel.
Central India Field Force
1st Brigade (Brigadier Stuart)
- One Squadron of HM 14th Light Dragoons.
- One Troop of 3rd Light Cavalry of Bombay Army.
- HM 86th Foot (Two companies, other companies joined at Chanderi on 16 March 1858).
- 25th Bombay Native Infantry
- Two Batteries of European Artillery
- Sappers & Miners Detachment
2nd Brigade
- Headquarters HM 14th Light Dragoons
- Headquarters 3rd Light Cavalry
- 3rd Bombay European Regiment
- Bombay NI
- Battery Horse Artillery
- One Field Battery
- Madras Sappers and Miners
- Siege Train (Joined 15 January 1858)
Contingent Hyderabad State
- 1st Hyderabad Cavalry
- 4th Hyderabad Cavalry
- Artillery
- Wing of 3rd Hyderabad Infantry
- Wing of 5th Hyderabad Infantry
Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force
British Army Regiments:
- 12th Lancers (left wing)
- 43rd Regiment of Foot
- 6 Coy/14th Brigade Royal Artillery (later G Battery/14th Brigade)
Native Regiments: TBC
- 6th Madras Light Cavalry
- 7th Madras Light Cavalry
- 3rd Madras (European) Infantry
- 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 19th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 50th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 2 companies of Sappers
- Hyderabad Green Horse (2nd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent?)
External Links
Central India Campaign Wikipedia
The Central India Campaign Article by Maj Agha Humayun Amin
Historical books on-line
Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India by Ast Surgeon John Henry Sylvester 1860 Google Books