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== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
Tomb's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>9th Lancers (100 men) under Lieut Sarel<br>HM 61st Regt (250 men) under Colonel Rainey<br>1st bengal Fusiliers (200 men) under Maj Jacob<br>1st Punjab Infantry Coke's Rifles, 200 men)<br>1st Punjab Infantry Coke's Rifles, 200 men) under Lieut Lumsden<br>
Tomb's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>9th Lancers (100 men) under Lieut Sarel<br>HM 61st Regt (250 men) under Colonel Rainey<br>1st Bengal Fusiliers (200 men) under Maj Jacob<br>1st Punjab Infantry, Coke's Rifles (400 men) under Lieut Lumsden<br>2nd Punjab Infantry, Green's Rifles, (400 men) <br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (100 men) under Lieut C. Nicholson<br>Guide Cavalry (200 men) under Capt Sandford<br>Mooltanee Horse (300 men) under Lieut Lind<br>Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 18:53, 11 December 2008

Battle of Nujjuffghur
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 25 August 1857
Location: Najafgarh, Delhi
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 28.616671°N 76.98334°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Gen John Nicholson
Strength
Casualties
60 killed & wounded 800


Field Force

Tomb's Troop of Horse Artillery
Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery
Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery
9th Lancers (100 men) under Lieut Sarel
HM 61st Regt (250 men) under Colonel Rainey
1st Bengal Fusiliers (200 men) under Maj Jacob
1st Punjab Infantry, Coke's Rifles (400 men) under Lieut Lumsden
2nd Punjab Infantry, Green's Rifles, (400 men)
2nd Punjab Cavalry (100 men) under Lieut C. Nicholson
Guide Cavalry (200 men) under Capt Sandford
Mooltanee Horse (300 men) under Lieut Lind
Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Action at Nujjuffghur]
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John Nicholson

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548