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[[Category:Battles|Hurriah, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=East India CompanySarun Field Force
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lieut Col J Byng
|commander2=Nazim Mahomed Hossein
|strength1= about 630 |strength2= 5,000<br>2 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=200
}}
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Haraiya<br>
Variants: Harraiya/Hurriah/Hurreah<br>
== Field Detachment ==
Lt-Col J Byng, Commanding<br>
Lt Fairlie, Staff Officer<br>
Lt Rowley, Orderly Officer<br>
'''[[Pearl's Naval Brigade]]''' under Capt Sotheby RN<br>
5 officers incl Lt Turnour RN, Mr Mate Inglis RN<br>
105 seamen & marines<br>
Two 12-pounder howitzers<br>
One 24-pounder rocket
'''[[Bengal Artillery]]''' under Lt Welsh<br>
1 officer<br>17 European rank & file<br>7 gun Lascars<br>19 bullock drivers<br>2 guns
'''[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]]''' under Capt van Straubenzee<br>
6 officers incl Lt Everett, Lt Wroughton, Lt Rowley<br>160 rank & file<br>Dr Gee
'''Sikh Detachment''' under Lt Maddock, [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|3rd Bengal European Regt]]<br>
2 native officers<br>81 rank & file
'''Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry''' under Captain Chapman
7 officers<br>140 rank & file<br>1 surgeon Dr Garden<br>1 veterinary surgeon
'''[[6th Madras Light Cavalry]]''' under Captain Mulcaster<br>
4 European officers incl Lt Fairlie<br>3 native officers<br>2 European warrant & non-commissioned officers<br>84 rank & file<br>6 trumpeters & farriers
Lt Garnault, Bengal Engineers<br>
Mr Wilson, Deputy Magistrate Bengal Civil Service
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA229&dq=The+Cruise+of+HMS+Pearl#v=onepage&q&f=false Naval Brigade account] Googlr Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tqc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3386&dq=Hurriah&as_brr=3&ei=xr2ASIqeNoicjgHjr4yrCA#PPA3392PPA3385,M1 Lt-Col Byng's Despatch] Google Books - Battle at Hurriah]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Hurriah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Hurriah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Hurriah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Hurriah, Battle of]]
