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== Summary ==
[[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell's]] plan for the pacification of Central India was for separate columns to be formed from the two Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. The Bombay force, under the command of [[Hugh Rose|Gen Sir Hugh Rose]], should march from Mhow to Gwalior and Jhansi, and the Madras force, which was to be led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grant Sir Patrick Grant], should march towards Nagpore. These two columns were to act in concert to defeat rebel forces under the command of [[Tatya Tope]]. The major operations of the '''Central India Field Force ''' under Rose and the '''Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force ''' under [http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/bio/whitlock_gc.html Whitlock] lasted for the whole of 1858 and resulted in the destruction of Tantia Tope's army as a significant threat. Other units taking part were the '''Rajputana Field Force ''' under [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101023755/ General Henry Roberts] and the '''Malwa Field Force ''' under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michel_(British_Army_officer) Maj-Gen John Michel].
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=== Central India Field Force ===[[Hugh Rose|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Rose KCB]] commanding<br>
'''1st Brigade (Brigadier Stuart)'''
*One Squadron of HM [[14th Light Dragoons]].
*[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*Two Batteries of European Artillery
* Bombay Sappers & Miners Detachment<br>
'''2nd Brigade'''
*Headquarters HM [[14th Light Dragoons]]
*Headquarters [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|3rd Bombay European Regiment]]
*24th Bombay NIInfantry*Battery No 1 Troop, Horse Artillery
*One Field Battery
*Madras Sappers and Miners
*Wing of [[5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|5th Hyderabad Infantry]]
===Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force===
'''British Army Regiments:'''
*[[12th Light Dragoons|12th Lancers]] (left wing)
*2 companies of Sappers
*Hyderabad Green Horse ([[Deccan Horse|2nd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent]]?)
===Malwa Field Force===
Brig C S Stuart, 1st Bombay Europeans, commanding
*14th Light Dragoons (left wing) under Major Gall
*3rd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent
*25th Bombay Infantry
*Four coys, HM 86th Regiment
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