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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Lt Gen Sir James Outram]
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|strength1= 1,227 infantry<br>190 cavalry<br>6 guns
|strength2=4,000 infantry<br>400 cavalry<br>4 guns
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'''This was part of the [[Events at Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
This was one of the action during the [[Defence of Alambagh]].
== Field Detachment ==
''Brigadier Stisted commanding''<br>
'''Artillery'''
*Two 9-pounder guns [[Royal Artillery]], Capt Maude
*Four 9-pounder guns [[Bengal Artillery]], Capt Olpherts<br>
'''Cavalry'''
*50 Volunteer Cavalry, Capt Barrow
*36 Irregular Cavalry, Lieuts Hay and Graham<br>
'''Infantry'''
*270 [[90th Regiment of Foot|HM 90th Light Infantry]], Capt Guise
*103 [[75th Regiment of Foot|HM 75th Regiment]], Capt Brooks
*108 [[84th Regiment of Foot|HM 84th Regiment]], Capt O'Brien
*400 [[5th Regiment of Foot|HM 5th Fusiliers]], Colonel Guy
*156 [[78th Regiment of Foot|HM 78th Highlanders]], Capt Lockhart
*150 [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Ferozepore]], Capt Brasyer<br>
'''Sappers and Miners'''
*40 [[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Sappers]], Lieut Ogilvie
*112 Military Train, Major Robertson
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F9q1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA136&dq=Guilee+1857&as_brr=3&ei=aBZuSZfVCp-OkATN8vFF#PPA136,M1f Google Books - Action at Guilee]Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow Wikipedia - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
