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[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]] | [[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]] | ||
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== HMS Frigate Pearl == | == HMS Frigate Pearl == | ||
32 Royal Marines<br>140 Naval column | 32 Royal Marines<br>140 Naval column | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 6 August 2010
| Battle of Amorah 5 March 1858 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 5 March 1858 | |
| Location: | Amorah, Fyzabad, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.770762°N 82.381910°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| Sarun Field Force HMS Pearl Naval Brigade |
Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Col F. Rowcroft Captain Sotheby RN |
Nazim Mahimed Hossen Rajahs of Gonda & Churdah | |
| Strength | ||
| about 1,300 4 guns |
4,000 sepoys Gwalior contingent 700 Oude Police Corps 10,000 irregulars 300 sowars 9 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
| 1 killed 9 wounded |
500 killed & wounded 7 guns | |
This was one of the events of the Trans-Gogra Campaign
Contents
HMS Frigate Pearl
32 Royal Marines
140 Naval column
Sarun Field Force
200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry
850 Gorruknath & Burruk Gurkha Regiments
39 Bengal Sikh Police Battalion
Four 12 pounder howitzers
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Amorha
Variants: Amorah
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Battle of Amorah Google Books
Amorah Gazetteer 1857
