Difference between revisions of "Siege of Bhurtpore 1826"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) m (Amend date) |
(→Historical books online) |
||
| (16 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | |||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
| − | |partof=Jat War | + | |partof=[[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War 1825-26]] |
|date=18 January 1826 | |date=18 January 1826 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India Bharatpur, Rajastan] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India Bharatpur, Rajastan] | ||
| Line 9: | Line 8: | ||
|territory= | |territory= | ||
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
| − | |combatant2= | + | |combatant2=Bhurtpore |
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_Stapleton-Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere Lord Combermere] | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_Stapleton-Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere Lord Combermere] | ||
|commander2=Durjan Sal | |commander2=Durjan Sal | ||
| − | |strength1= | + | |strength1= 20,000 men<br>112 guns |
| − | |strength2= | + | |strength2= 20,000 |
| − | |casualties1= | + | |casualties1= 103 killed<br>466 wounded |
| − | |casualties2= | + | |casualties2= 6,000 |
}} | }} | ||
| + | ==Also see== | ||
| + | *[[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805]] | ||
| + | == External links == | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UFUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA135&dq=Bhurtpore&as_brr=1&ei=3FLER6GpCaTeiQH7oLnGCA#PPA135,M1 Siege of Bharatpur] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.colonialwargaming.co.uk/Miscellany/Weapons/Artillery/Misc_pix/Bhurtpore01.jpg Bhurtpore gun] colonialwargaming.co.uk | ||
| + | ==== Historical books online ==== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre01knolgoog#page/n60/mode/2up Siege of Bhurtpore] page 41 ''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Volume II'' by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org. Lord Combermere was Commander-In -Chief in India, and had been appointed to the position "as the man to take Bhurtpore" | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfMAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA445 "The Siege of Bhurtpore"] from ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 23, January-June 1828'', page 445 Google Books | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA396 "Siege of Bhurtpore"] from ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 3 1828'', page 396 Google Books | ||
| + | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c16216?urlappend=%3Bseq=9''Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore''] by J N Creighton, Captain [[11th Light Dragoons|11th Regiment, Light Dragoons]] 1830 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available at [https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12964/page/n1 Archive.org], mirror of a file from [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]. | ||
| + | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013464899?urlappend=%3Bseq=200 "Siege and Storm of Bhurtpore from the Letters of an Officer Present"], ''The United Service Magazine 1834 Part 2'', page 188. Hathi Trust Digital Library | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091765663#page/n583/mode/2up "Bhurtpore 1825-6"], page 573 ''British Battles on Land and Sea, Volume II'' by James Grant. First published c 1873 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/accountsofgypsie00macr/page/n143/mode/2up "The Siege of Bhurtpore"] page 127 ''Accounts of the Gypsies of India'' collected and edited by David MacRitchie 1886 Archive.org | ||
| + | *'' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/6/mode/2up Names on monument of NCOs and men killed and description of assault on the fort] archive.org | ||
| + | *Some extracts regarding [then] Captain Taylor of the Bengal Engineers who was wounded. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22015/page/n31/mode/2up Page 21] ''The Asiatic Review Volume 7 July-November 1915'' Archive.org | ||
| + | *Fiction | ||
| + | **[https://archive.org/details/sabresedge00mall/page/n5 ''The Sabre's Edge''] by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the [[1st Burma War]] and Bhurtpore. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| − | + | [[Category:Battles|Bhurtpore, Siege of]] | |
| − | [ | + | [[Category:Jat War 1825-26|Bhurtpore, Siege of]] |
Latest revision as of 11:45, 2 December 2022
| Siege of Bhurtpore 1826 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Jat War 1825-26 | ||
| Date: | 18 January 1826 | |
| Location: | Bharatpur, Rajastan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 27.223213°N 77.497929°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Bhurtpore | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lord Combermere | Durjan Sal | |
| Strength | ||
| 20,000 men 112 guns |
20,000 | |
| Casualties | ||
| 103 killed 466 wounded |
6,000 | |
Also see
External links
Siege of Bharatpur Google Books
Bhurtpore gun colonialwargaming.co.uk
Historical books online
- Siege of Bhurtpore page 41 Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Volume II by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org. Lord Combermere was Commander-In -Chief in India, and had been appointed to the position "as the man to take Bhurtpore"
- "The Siege of Bhurtpore" from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 23, January-June 1828, page 445 Google Books
- "Siege of Bhurtpore" from Naval and Military Magazine Volume 3 1828, page 396 Google Books
- Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore by J N Creighton, Captain 11th Regiment, Light Dragoons 1830 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available at Archive.org, mirror of a file from Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online.
- "Siege and Storm of Bhurtpore from the Letters of an Officer Present", The United Service Magazine 1834 Part 2, page 188. Hathi Trust Digital Library
- "Bhurtpore 1825-6", page 573 British Battles on Land and Sea, Volume II by James Grant. First published c 1873 Archive.org
- "The Siege of Bhurtpore" page 127 Accounts of the Gypsies of India collected and edited by David MacRitchie 1886 Archive.org
- List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 Names on monument of NCOs and men killed and description of assault on the fort archive.org
- Some extracts regarding [then] Captain Taylor of the Bengal Engineers who was wounded. Page 21 The Asiatic Review Volume 7 July-November 1915 Archive.org
- Fiction
- The Sabre's Edge by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the 1st Burma War and Bhurtpore.
