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|strength1= 1,293 cavalry<br>4,023 infantry<br>1,602 artillery & engineers
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|strength2=4,000 disciplined cavalry<br>12,000 infantry<br>3,000 undisciplined levies
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|[[8th Regiment of Foot|HM 8th Foot]]
|[[8th Regiment of Foot|HM 8th Foot]]
|(Lt-ColGreathed)
|(Lt-Col Greathed)
|250  
|250  
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|450
|450
|-
|-
|[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]], headquarters
|'''3rd Column under Col Campbell'''<br>
|296
to assault the Cashmere Gate
|
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|-
|-
|[[75th Regiment of Foot|HM 75th Foot]], headquarters
|[[52nd Regiment of Foot|HM 52nd Foot]]
|513
|(Maj Vigors)
|200
|-
|-
|[[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 60th Rifles]], headquarters
|[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|Kumaon Goorkhas]]
|299
|(Capt Ramsay)
|-
|250
|[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st European Bengal Fusiliers]]
|520
|-
|[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Bengal Fusiliers]]
|556
|-
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]
|275
|-
|[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Goorkha Battalion]]
|296
|-
|-
|[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Infantry]]
|[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Infantry]]
|725
|(Capt Rothney)
|500
|-
|-
|[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]]
|'''4th Column under Maj Reid'''<br>
|345
to assault the Kissengunje<br>
and Pahareepore suburbs
|
|
|-
|-
|[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Goorkhas]]
|
|
|
|'''4,023'''
|-
|-
|'''Cavalry'''
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]
|'''Officers and Men'''
|
|  
|-
|-
|[[6th Dragoon Guards|HM Carabiniers]]
|European Pickets
|153
|
|
|-
|-
|[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]
|Native Pickets
|428
|
|-
|850
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry]]
|338
|-
|1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Cavalry
|148
|-
|[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Cavalry]]
|110
|-
|[[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjaub Cavalry]] (at Alipore)
|116
|-
|-
|'''Reserve under Brig Longfield'''<br>
to assault the Water Bastion
|
|
|
|'''1,298'''
|-
|-
|'''Artillery and Engineers'''
|[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
|'''Officers and Men'''
|(Lt-Col Deacon)
|250
|-
|-
|Artillery, European and Native
|[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjaub Infantry]]
|1129
|(Capt Wilde)
|450
|-
|-
|[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
|[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|Belooch Battalion]]
|209
|Lt-Col Farquhar)
|300
|-
|-
|Punjaub Sappers and Miners
|Jheend Auxiliaries
|264
|(Lt-Col Dunsford)
|300
|-
|-
|
 
|'''1,602'''
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,918'''
|-
|Sick
|765
|-
|Wounded
|1,116
|}
|}
== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 15:50, 30 September 2009

Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 14-20 September 1857
Location: Delhi National Capital Region
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.656233°N 77.241066°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
Delhi Field Force Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Archdale Wilson
Strength
Casualties
The Regiments present at the Siege of Delhi from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Storming Parties

1st Column under Brig-Gen Nicholson

to assault the main breach
and Cashmere Bastion

Men
HM 75th Foot (Lt-Col Herbert) 200
1st Bengal Europeans (Major Jacob) 250
2nd Punjaub Infantry (Capt Green) 450
2nd Column under Brig Jones

to assault the Water Bastion

HM 8th Foot (Lt-Col Greathed) 250
2nd Bengal Europeans (Capt Boyd) 250
4th Sikh Infantry (Capt Rothney) 450
3rd Column under Col Campbell

to assault the Cashmere Gate

HM 52nd Foot (Maj Vigors) 200
Kumaon Goorkhas (Capt Ramsay) 250
1st Punjaub Infantry (Capt Rothney) 500
4th Column under Maj Reid

to assault the Kissengunje
and Pahareepore suburbs

Sirmoor Goorkhas
Guides Infantry
European Pickets
Native Pickets 850
Reserve under Brig Longfield

to assault the Water Bastion

HM 61st Foot (Lt-Col Deacon) 250
4th Punjaub Infantry (Capt Wilde) 450
Belooch Battalion Lt-Col Farquhar) 300
Jheend Auxiliaries (Lt-Col Dunsford) 300

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Wikipedia - Siege of Delhi
Google Books - Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654

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