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[[Category:Battles|Saugor, Relief of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Saugor, Relief of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=2 january January 1859|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagar SagarKararia, Satna, Madhya Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=2324.84651916757,7880.752831916464&z=13&t=h&hl=en 2324.84651°N 78916757°N 80.752831°E916464°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/bio/whitlock_gc.html Maj Gen George Cornish Whitlock]<br>Lieut-Col Frederick Gottreux
|commander2=
|combatant2=
|casualties2=
}}
[[Image:Karariamap.jpg|thumb|Kararia Location location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
== Field Detachment ==
*[[Royal Artillery]] (2 mortars, 11 men)
*HM [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd Light Infantry]] (30 men)
*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Native Infantry]] (50 men)
*Sikh [[Sowar|Sowars]] (10 men)
*Rewah [[Sowar|Sowars]] (17 men)
*Nagoda [[Sowar|Sowars]] (8 men)
*Rewah Infantry (10 men)
*Nagoda Matchlock (90 men)<br>
Total 226 men
== 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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s2MPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1988&dq=Whitlock+January+1859&as_brr=3&ei=UySPSdCjNKOOyQTv6YS8BQ#PPA1988,M11 Google Books -Action at Kurrereah]Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Addison_%28VC%29 Henry Addison's VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.thevictoriacross.net/recipients/henry_addison.html Henry Addison Photo] www.thevictoriacross.net
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kararia (about 5 miles from Kothi)<br>
Variants:Kurrereah/Kurarayah/Creyah
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Khoree Kurarayah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Central India Campaign|Khoree Kurarayah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Khoree Kurarayah, Battle of]]
