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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=Brig Brigadier Smith<br>Brig Brigadier Orr|commander2=[[Tatya Tope]]<br />Rao Sahib<br />[[Rani Lakshmibai|Rani of Jhansi]]
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== Summary ==
After the fall of [[Kalpi]] the rebel force under [[Tatya Tope]], Rao Sahib and [[Rani Lakshmibai]] seized [[Gwalior]] forcing the Maharajah to flee. [[Hugh Rose|Sir Hugh Rose]] advanced from [[Jhansi]] and Brigadier Smith from Antari. Smith with the Rajputana Field Force encountered the rebels at Kota-ki-Serai about four miles southeast of Gwalior. In the ensuing action in intense heat the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars|8th Hussars]] made a determined charge through the enemy camp capturing three guns. Rani Lakshmibai was killed and the rebels forced to retreat.
[[Image:Gwaliormap.jpg|thumb|500px|left|Kota-ki-Serai location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Sarai Fort<br>
Variants:Kota-ki-serai<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Walker_Heneage Clement Heneage's VC] Wikipedia<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hollis George Hollis' VC] Wikipedia<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pearson_(VC) John Pearson's VC] Wikipedia<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ward_(VC) Joseph Ward's VC] Wikipedia<br /> ==== Historical books on-line ====*''Medals of the British Army'' by Thomas Carter 1861 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA160&dq=Kota-ki-Serai%2B1858&as_brr=3&ei=TzXuSLz9OqWKtAO2jP3QBg Battle of Kota-ki-Serai] Google Books<br />*''Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India: under Major General Sir Hugh Rose GCB'' by John Henry Sylvester 1860 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-TsQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=General+Rose++Sehore&hl=en&ei=i0C0TfrqItGs8QOW4-iVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Kotah-ke-Serai] Google Books<br>*''The Revolt in Central India, 1857-59'' Army Intelligence Branch 1908 [http://www.archive.org/stream/revoltincentral00burtgoog#page/n201/mode/1u Action at Kota-ki-Serai] archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Kota-ki-Serai, Battle of]]
[[Category:Central India Campaign|Kota-ki-Serai, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Kota-ki-Serai, Battle of]]
