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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 (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
*Tomb's Troop of Horse Artillery
 
*Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery
*Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] (100 men) under Lieut Sarel
*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Regt]] (250 men) under Colonel Rainey
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal Fusiliers]] (200 men) under Maj Jacob
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]], Coke's Rifles (400 men) under Lieut Lumsden
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]], Green's Rifles, (400 men)
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry]] (100 men) under Lieut C. Nicholson
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guide Cavalry]] (200 men) under Capt Sandford
*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Mooltanee Horse]] (300 men) under Lieut Lind
*Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Nazafgarh<br>
Variants: Nujjuffghur/Nuzzufghur/Nudjufghur/Nujuj Guhr<br>
== External Links ==
== 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?ei=yyJBSbnKOZOUMffdpcMN&as_brr=3&id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&dq=Delhi&jtp=148#PPA148,M1 Google Books - Action at Nujjuffghur]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020141/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John Nicholson]
[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?ei=yyJBSbnKOZOUMffdpcMN&as_brr=3&id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&dq=Delhi&jtp=148#PPA148,M1 Google Books - Action at Nujjuffghur]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020141/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John Nicholson]

Revision as of 13:57, 30 September 2009

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

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Nazafgarh
Variants: Nujjuffghur/Nuzzufghur/Nudjufghur/Nujuj Guhr

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 Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548