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|partof=[[:Category:Indian MutinyHindustani Fanatics 1857-58|Hindustani Fanatics 1857-58]]
|date=4 May 1858
|location=Sittana, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera_District Nowshera District, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.997859,71.96028&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.997859°N 71.96028°E]
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Hindustani Fanatics & Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006429/ Maj gen Gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB]
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|strength1=
== Sittana Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>*Peshawar Light Field Battery (4 guns)<br>*[[Peshawar Mountain Battery|Peshawar Mountain Train Battery ]] (2 guns)<br>*[[98th Regiment of Foot ]] (260 men)<br>*[[5th Bengal Cavalry|7th Irregular Cavalry ]] (100 men)<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry ]] (200 men)<br>*Peshawar Light Horse (30 men)<br>*[[Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners ]] (100 men)<br>*[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|9th Punjab Infantry ]] (400 men)<br>*[[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|18th Punjab Infantry ]] (400 men)<br>*[[1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry|21st Native Infantry ]] (300 men)<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry ]] (300 men)<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col H.Renny, 81st Foot''<br>*[[81st Regiment of Foot ]] (200 men)<br>*[[17th Irregular Cavalry|18th Irregular Cavalry ]] (100 men)<br>*[[Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners ]] (47 men)<br>*[[12th Bengal Native Infantry|Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt ]] (200 men)<br>*[[38th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|38th Dogras<br>]]*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Punjab Infantry ]] (450 men)<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Maj A.T.Allen, 81st Foot''<br>*[[81st Regiment of Foot |81st Foot]] (105 men)<br>*[[98th Regiment of Foot|98th Foot ]] (100 men)<br>*[[7th Irregular Cavalry ]] (25 men)<br>*[[17th Irregular Cavalry|18th Irregular Cavalry ]] (25 men)<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry ]] (600 men)<br>*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Punjab Infantry ]] (54 men)<br>*[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|9th Punjab Infantry ]](137 men)<br>*[[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|18th Punjab Infantry ]] (185 men)<br>*[[21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|21st Native Infantry ]] (155 men)<br>*[[12th Bengal Native Infantry|Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt ]] (254 men)<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry ]] (76 men)<br>
'''Maj J.R.Becher's Column'''<br>*[[Peshawar Mountain Battery|Peshawar Mountain Train Battery ]] (2 guns)<br>*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|Hazara Mountain Train Battery ]] (3 guns)<br>*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force| 2nd Sikh Infantry ]] (300 men)<br>*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Punjab Infantry ]] (450 men)<br>*12th Punjab Infantry (300 men)<br>
== 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=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA304&dq=Sittana&as_brr=3&ei=luhLSYbhNYHCzgT1_KysDQ#PPA304,M1 Action at Sittana] Google Books ==== Historical Books on-line ====[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/224/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Action at SittanaSitana]archive.org
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
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