Battle of Amorah 5 March 1858

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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

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

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Battle of Amorah Google Books
Amorah Gazetteer 1857

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Amorha
Variants: Amorah

Amorah Location
Survey 1920-1946