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|date=17 April 1858
|location=Amorah, [[Fyzabad]], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.776453,82.374457&z=13&t=h&hl=en 26.770762°N 82.381910°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys[[Sepoy]]s
|commander1=Col F Rowcroft<br>Captain E S Sotheby RN
|commander2=
|casualties2= 200-300
}}
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]]
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''<br>
The British camp was at Amorah but the battle was near the village of Jamoulee about three miles distant.
== Location Spelling Variants ==The account describes this action taking place at Thamowlee, a few miles from Amorha.== External Links ==[httpModern name://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]Not found<br>[httpVariants:Thamowlee/Jamoulee/books.google.com/books?as_brr=1&id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&dq=Amorah%2B1858%2B5th%3DMarch%25lr%3D&jtp=2288#PPA2438,M1 Google Books - Battle of Amorah]Jahmoulee<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah - Gazetteer 1857]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== External Links ==[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire wensite<br>[http://books.google.com/books?as_brr=1&id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&dq=Amorah%2B1858%2B5th%3DMarch%25lr%3D&jtp=2288#PPA2438,M1 Capt Sotheby's Despatch] Google Books<br>[Imagehttp:Amorahmap//books.google.jpg|thumb|co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2629&dq=Amorah Location+17+April+1858&as_brr=3&ei=tHe2SenWLYyyMaec2NYL#PPA2629,M1 Col Rowcroft's Despatch] Google Books<br>Survey 1920[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah] Gazetteer 1857 [[Category:Battles|Jamoulee 17 April 1858, Battle of]][[Category:Trans-1946Gogra Campaign|Jamoulee 17 April 1858, Battle of]][[Category:BattlesPearl's Naval Brigade|Amorah Jamoulee 17 April 1858, Battle of]][[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah Jamoulee 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
