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[[Category:Battles|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=2-5 March 1858
|location=Bilwa, near Gorakhpur[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizabad Faizabad], Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.759863,82.328998&z=10&t=h&hl=en approx 26.759863°N 82.328998°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Col Francis Rowcroft
|commander2=
|strength1= 1,000|strength2= 7,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
[[Image:Bilwa.jpg|300px]]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJhsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA431PA146&dq=Belwa&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#v=onepage&q=Belwa&f=false Battle at Belwar] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&as_brrprintsec=1frontcover&eilr=ezyrR--4NJ-0iQGS4d2rCg#PPA431PPA122,M1 Belwar - Gazetteer 1857] Google Books - Battle <br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Naval Brigade at BelwarBelwa]extract of ''Clowes, William Laird: "The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria"''
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Not found<br>
Variants: Belwar/Belwa<br>
[[Category:Battles|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
