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[[Category:Battles|Amorah 25 April 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah 25 April 1858, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=25 April 1858
|location=Amorah, [[Fyzabad]], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.776453,82.374457&z=13&t=h&hl=en approx 26.770762°N 82.381910°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Col F.Rowcroft<br>Captain E. S. Sotheby RN
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2= 4,000 <br>4 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Location ==
The account describes this action taking place at Jamoulee a few miles from Amorha.
== 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=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Cruise+of+the+Pearl&ei=g06gSfHqGoOClQSJrbyNAg#PPA197,M1 Google Books - Battle of Amorah]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah - Gazetteer 1857]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|Amorah Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
