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|commander1= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abercromby_of_Airthrey Sir Robert Abercrombie]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Muhammad_Khan_Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Khan]
|strength1= 7,500|strength2=25,000including camp followers|casualties1= 2,500
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== Summary ==
General Abercrombie proceeded from Cawnpore with 7,500 troops expecting to be joined by the Oudh army of about 5,000 troops. However they did not join up and Abercrombie alone met the Rohillas at Bhitaura. Though ultimately a British victory, there was an initial disaster when Captain Ramsay and two regiments of cavalry inexplicably galloped through two battalions of Company sepoys. 5,000 Rohilla horse took advantage of the confusion and caused 2.500 killed and wounded. Captain Ramsay escaped court martial by fleeing to Goa. The suspicion was that he was bribed to assist the enemy. Official accounts omitted this shameful incident.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/anhistoricalacc00willgoog#page/n381/mode/2up Battle of Bhitaura] archive.org<br>
[http://wikimapia.org/9308331/War-Memorial-Fatehganj-West War Memorial at Fatehganj] Wikimapia<br>
[http://glosters.tripod.com/earlyindia1.htm Soldiers on the memorial in St John's Church Calcutta] Officers Died website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_IdAmZ5s7UcC&pg=PA239&dq=rohilla+war++1794&cd=1#v=onepage&q=rohilla%20war%20%201794&f=false Battle of Bhitaura] Google Books
[[Category:Battles|Bhitaura, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Rohilla War|Bhitaura, Battle of]]
