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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel [[Sepoy]]s
|commander1=Col Francis RowcroftMajor Richardson<br>Captain E. S. Sotheby RNMajor Cox
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|strength1=
|strength2= 4,000 <br>4 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]]
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]''' == Location Field Force ==The account describes this action taking place at Jamoulee a few miles from Amorha.*53 [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]]*Two 12-pounder howitzers*One 24-pounder rocket-tube*200 [[13th Regiment of Foot|13th Light Infantry]]*Two troops [[6th Madras Native Cavalry|6th Madras Cavalry]]*Two troops [[Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry]]*20 Sikhs
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== 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&printsecpg=frontcoverPA226&dq=The+Cruise+of+theHMS+Pearl#v=onepage&eiq&f=g06gSfHqGoOClQSJrbyNAg#PPA197,M1 false 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]
[[Category:Battles|Amorah 25 April 31 May 1858, Battle of]][[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Amorah 25 April 31 May 1858, Battle of]][[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah 25 April 31 May 1858, Battle of]]
