Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857
| 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 | ||
This event was part of the Delhi Campaign during the Indian Mutiny
Storming Parties
| 1st Column under Brig-Gen Nicholson to assault the main breach |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sirmoor Goorkhas | ||
| Guides Infantry | ||
| European Pickets | ||
| Native Pickets | 850 | |
| Reserve under Brig Longfield to assault the Water Bastion |
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| 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
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Siege of Delhi Wikipedia
Storming of the city Google Books
Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi Google Books
Everard Phillipps' VC Wikipedia
Alfred Heathcote's VC Wikipedia
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654