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[[Category:Battles|Gailee by Lucknow, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Gailee by Lucknow, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=22 December 1857
|location=Gaili, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.812966,80.903192&z=16&t=h&hl=en 26.812800°N 80.901300°E] 
|result=British success
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Lt Gen Sir James Outram]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=4,000 infantry<br>400 cavalry<br>4 guns
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
}}
== 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?id=F9q1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA136&dq=Guilee+1857&as_brr=3&ei=aBZuSZfVCp-OkATN8vFF#PPA136,M1f Google Books - Action at Guilee]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

Revision as of 17:11, 14 January 2009

Battle of Gailee (Lucknow)
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 22 December 1857
Location: Gaili, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.812800°N 80.901300°E
Result: British success
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Lt Gen Sir James Outram
Strength
4,000 infantry
400 cavalry
4 guns
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Action at Guilee

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207