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[[Category:Battles|Chinhut, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Chinhut, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=30 June 1857
|location=Chinhat, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Montgomery_Lawrence [Henry Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]]<br> Lt-Col William Case|commander2=Barkat Ahmad|strength1= approx 750|strength2= 6,000|casualties1= 120+
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was part of the [[Events at Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
News came on 30 June that rebel forces were gathering north of Lucknow. [[Henry Lawrence]] set out to meet them with the 32nd Regiment and remaining loyal elements of the Native Regiments. During the action at Chinhat numbers of sepoys defected and the force was compelled to retreat to Lucknow where the siege proper began.
== Field Detachment ==
'''Artillery'''
*Horse Light Field Battery (4 guns)
*No 2 Oude Field Battery (4 guns)
*One 8 inch howitzer<br>
'''Cavalry'''
*Troop of volunteer cavalry (40 troopers)
*Detachments of 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry (120 troopers)<br>
'''Infantry'''
*[[32nd Regiment of Foot|HM 32nd Foot]] (300 men)
*[[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|13th Native Infantry]] (150 men)
*[[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Native Infantry]] (60 men)
*[[71st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|71st Native Infantry]] (20 Sikhs)
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Chinhat<br>
Variants: Chinhut<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chinhat Battle of Chinhat] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hltHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA319&dq=Chinhut&as_brr=1&ei=uiIrSNiSC5HCyQSU-4mPCw#PPA379,M1 v=onepage&q=Chinhut&f=false Battle at Chinhut] Google Books <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VsWM- rkMU1wC&pg=PA156&dq=Chinhut&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Chinhut&f=false Battle at Chinhut] - Scroll to page 319Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Cubitt William Cubitt's VC] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207<br>
"''Our Bones are Scattered''" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107
[[Category:Battles|Chinhut, Battle of]]
[[Category:Events at Lucknow|Chinhut, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Chinhut, Battle of]]
