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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=28 March 1859
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butwal Butwal, Nepal]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.704097,83.453975&z=12&t=h&hl=en 27.704097°N 83.453975°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Col R.D.Kelly<br>Capt J.F.Stafford<br>Capt R.Renny
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Capt Stafford's Column ==
7th Punjab Infantry<br>[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]] (92 men) under Lieut Gilbert
== Capt Renny's Column ==
3rd Sikh Infantry<br>[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]] (92 men) under Capt Peel
== Picket Chain ==
[[Royal Artillery]] Field Battery under Maj Henry<br>[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Light Infantry]] (remainder of wing) under Lt Col King<br>[[34th Regiment of Foot|HM 34th Regiment]] under Lt Col Simpson<br>Jat Horse under Capt Jackson<br>[[70th Regiment of Foot|HM 70th Regiment]] & Pathan Horse under Lieut Vivian
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s2MPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1574&dq=Bootwul+March+1859&as_brr=3&ei=zHb0SNaGNYLgywTbyKmzCw#PPA1574,M1M1 Google Books - Col Kelly's Despatch]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s2MPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1577&dq=Renny+March+1859&as_brr=3&ei=zHb0SNaGNYLgywTbyKmzCw#PPA1577,M1 Google Books - Capt Renny's Despatch]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s2MPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1580&dq=Stafford+March+1859&as_brr=3&ei=zHb0SNaGNYLgywTbyKmzCw#PPA1580,M1 Google Books - Capt Stafford's Despatch]
[[Category:Battles|Lower Nepaul Range, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Lower Nepaul Range, Battle of]]
