Western Bihar Campaign

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Trans-Gogra Campaign
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Summary

Babu Kunwar Singh {recorded as Koer Singh in British accounts) was a wealthy land owner in the Shahabad district who joined the insurgents soon after the Mutiny at Dinapore.


Goruckpore Field Force

HQ Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry 130 men under Maj Richardson
Detachment 6th Madras Cavalry 40 men
No 2 Madras Horse Light Field Battery 4 guns under Capt Cadell
Pearl's Naval Brigade 90 men + 4 guns under Capt Sotheby RN
HM 13th Light Infantry 400 men under Maj Tyler
Regiment of Ferozepore 250 men under Lt-Col Brasyer CB
Detachment 27th Madras Native Infantry 60 men under Lt Shaw

External LInks

The Cruise of the Pearl Google Books
Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny W L Clowes
Biography of Captain Sotheby RN www.pdavis.nl/
Short biography of Captain Edward Sotheby RN Google Books

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