Battle of Bareilly

Battle of Bareilly
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date:	5-6 May 1858
Location:	Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	28.353230°N 79.409370°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Sir Colin Campbell	Khan Bahadur Khan
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

Cavalry
1st Brigade under Brigadier H Richmond Jones, 6th Dragoon Guards

• HQ and 2 Squadrons 6th Dragoon Guards - Capt Bickerstaff
• Mooltan Horse - Capt Lind

2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars

• HM 9th Lancers - Major Coles
• 2nd Punjaub Cavalry - Major S Browne
• Detachment Lahore Light Horse
• Detachment 1st Punjaub Cavalry
• Detachment 17th Irregular Cavalry

Artillery under Lt-Col Brind CB BA

• Troop Bengal Horse Artillery - Lt-Col Tomb
• Troop Bengal Horse Artillery - Lt-Col Remmington
• 2 Heavy Field Battery Bengal Artillery (4 guns) - Capt Francis
• Light Field Battery Bengal Artillery (4 guns) - Maj Hammond
• Siege Train Company Royal Artillery - Maj Le Mesurier

Infantry
Highland Brigade under Lt-Col Leith Hay CB, 93rd Highlanders

• HM 42nd Highlanders - Lt-Col Cameron
• HM 79th Highlanders - Lt-Col Taylor CB
• HM 93rd Highlanders - Lt-Col Ross
• 4th Punjaub Rifles - Lt McQueen
• Belooch Battalion - Capt Beville
• HM 78th Foot - Brig Stisted
• 7 Coys HM 64th Foot - Lt-Col Brigham CB
• HM 78th Highlanders - Col Hamilton
• 4 Coys HM 82nd Foot - Col The Hon P Herbert CB
• 2nd Punjaub Infantry - Lt-Col Greene
• 22nd Punjaub Infantry - Capt Stafford
• Detachment Bengal Sappers and Miners - Lt-Col Harness RE

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Capture of Bareilly
Bareilly - Gazetteer 1858

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548