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Battle of Amorah 5 March 1858
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Battle of Amorah 5 March 1858 | ||
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Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
Date: | 5 March 1858 | |
Location: | Amorah, Fyzabad, Uttar Pradesh | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 26.770762°N 82.381910°E | |
Result: | British victory | |
Combatants | ||
Sarun Field Force HMS Pearl Naval Brigade |
Rebel Sepoys | |
Commanders | ||
Col F. Rowcroft Captain Sotheby RN |
Nazim Mahimed Hossen Rajahs of Gonda & Churdah | |
Strength | ||
about 1,300 4 guns |
4,000 sepoys Gwalior contingent 700 Oude Police Corps 10,000 irregulars 300 sowars 9 guns | |
Casualties | ||
1 killed 9 wounded |
500 killed & wounded 7 guns |

This was one of the events of the Trans-Gogra Campaign
HMS Frigate Pearl
32 Royal Marines
140 Naval column
Sarun Field Force
200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry
850 Gorruknath & Burruk Gurkha Regiments
39 Bengal Sikh Police Battalion
Four 12 pounder howitzers
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Amorha
Variants: Amorah
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Battle of Amorah Google Books
Amorah Gazetteer 1857