Battle of Bareilly

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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

2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars

Artillery under Lt-Col Brind CB BA

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

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