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[[Category:Battles|Sylhet and Cachar, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Burma War|Sylhet and Cachar, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Burma War|1st Burma War 1823-26]]
|date=January-June 1824
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylhet SylheySylhet, Bangladesh] & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachar Cachar, Assam]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.890513,91.8814&z=12&t=h&hl=en 24.890513°N 91.8814°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|commander1=Lieut Col Maj Newton at Badarpur<br>Capt Johnston at Jattrapur<br>Capt Bowenat Tilain
|commander2=
|strength1= 1,200|strength2= approx 4,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Frontier Force ==
*1st Btn [[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|10th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Three Coys 2nd Brigade [[23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|23rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Four Coys [[42nd Gurkha Rifles|Rungpoor Local Corps]]
*Two or three old guns
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars]Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War Wikipedia - 1st Burma War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6RgYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Cachar+1824#PPA245,M1 Google Bools - Events in Sylhet & Cachar] Google Books<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n21/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Operations on the N E Frontier] www.archive.org [[Category:Battles|Sylhet and Cachar, Battle of]][[Category:1st Burma War|Sylhet and Cachar, Battle of]]
