Battle of Daodpore

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Battle of Daodpore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 20 October 1858
Location: Daudpur, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.299641°N 81.951427°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Horsford Gen Davhie Deen
Nazim Mehndee Hussein
Strength
1,589 troops 200 cavalry
4,000 infantry
2 guns
Casualties

Field Force

45 men and 2 six pounder guns under Lieut Lyon
49 men and 2 nine pounder guns under Lieut Strange
101 men under Capt Stisted
76 men under Lieut Palliser
  • Oudh Military Police Cavalry
133 men under Lieut Sadleir
310 men
312 men under Lt-Col Carmichael
321 men under Lt-Col Galway
180 men under Capt Hoste
  • Oudh Military Police Infantry
351 men under Capt Bunbury
20 men under Lieut Raynsford

External Links

Brigadier Horsford's Dispatch Google Books