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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br> | ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br> | ||
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Revision as of 12:05, 12 October 2009
| Battle of Sittana | ||
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| Part of Hindustani Fanatics 1857-58 | ||
| Date: | 4 May 1858 | |
| Location: | Sittana, Nowshera District, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.997859°N 71.96028°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Hindustani Fanatics & Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Sittana Field Force
First Column
- Peshawar Light Field Battery (4 guns)
- Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)
- 98th Regiment of Foot (260 men)
- 7th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)
- Guides Cavalry (200 men)
- Peshawar Light Horse (30 men)
- Sappers & Miners (100 men)
- 9th Punjab Infantry (400 men)
- 18th Punjab Infantry (400 men)
- 21st Native Infantry (300 men)
- Guides Infantry (300 men)
Second Column
Lieut Col H.Renny, 81st Foot
- 81st Regiment of Foot (200 men)
- 18th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)
- Sappers & Miners (47 men)
- Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (200 men)
- 38th Dogras
- 8th Punjab Infantry (450 men)
Third Column
Maj A.T.Allen, 81st Foot
- 81st Foot (105 men)
- 98th Foot (100 men)
- 7th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)
- 18th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)
- Guides Cavalry (600 men)
- 8th Punjab Infantry (54 men)
- 9th Punjab Infantry(137 men)
- 18th Punjab Infantry (185 men)
- 21st Native Infantry (155 men)
- Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (254 men)
- Guides Infantry (76 men)
Maj J.R.Becher's Column
- Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)
- Hazara Mountain Train Battery (3 guns)
- 2nd Sikh Infantry (300 men)
- 6th Punjab Infantry (450 men)
- 12th Punjab Infantry (300 men)
External Links
The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Action at Sittana
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
