Battle of Daodpore

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Battle of Daodpore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 20 October 1858
Location: Daudpur, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.299641°N 81.951427°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Horsford Gen Davhie Deen
Nazim Mehndee Hussein
Strength
1,589 troops 200 cavalry
4,000 infantry
2 guns
Casualties

Field Force

  • F Troop Royal Horse Artillery
45 men and 2 six pounder guns under Lieut Lyon
  • Q Field Battery Royal Artillery
49 men and 2 nine pounder guns under Lieut Strange
  • 7th Hussars
101 men under Capt Stisted
  • 1st Hodson's Horse
76 men under Lieut Palliser
  • Oudh Military Police Cavalry
133 men under Lieut Sadleir

HM 61st Regiment

310 men
  • 32nd Light Infantry
312 men under Lt-Col Carmichael
  • 1st Madras Fusiliers
321 men under Lt-Col Galway
  • 5th Punjab Rifles
180 men under Capt Hoste
  • Oudh Military Police Infantry
351 men under Capt Bunbury
  • Madras Sappers
20 men under Lieut Raynsford

External Links

Brigadier Horsford's Dispatch Google Books