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Add field detachments and external link. Amend date, result and add summary, strengths and casualties
[[Category:Battles|Jaitak, Battle of]]
[[Category:Gurkha War 1814-16|Jaitak, Battle ofAttempt on]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Gurkha War 1814-16|Gurkha War 1814-16]]
|date=25 November 27 December 1814
|location= [http://hpsirmaur.gov.in/place.htm#Jaitak%20Fort Jaitak Fort, Nahan, Himachal Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.785479,77.288895&z=9&t=h&hl=en 30.785479°N 77.288895°E]
|result=British victory defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018225/ Maj Gen Gabriel Martindell]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Singh_Thapa Ranjur Singh Thapa]
|strength1= 738 |strength2= 2,300|casualties1= 3 officers and 78 men killed<br>5 officers and 220 men wounded
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
General Martindell sent to detachments to occupy ridges adjacent to Jaitak Fort. One was routed by the enemy and the other forced to retreat due to lack of ammunition.
== Major Richard's Force ==
*One Light Coy, [[53rd Regiment of Foot|HM 53rd Foot]]
*Three and a half Light Coys, Native Infantry
*Two Coys, [[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|13th Native Infantry]]
*Some Pioneers<br>
Total 738 men
== Major Ludlow's Force ==
*One Coy, [[53rd Regiment of Foot|HM 53rd Foot]]
*Three and a half Light Coys, Native Infantry
*Nine Coys, [[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Native Infantry]]
*Some Pioneers<br>
Total 1,000 men
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War Wikipedia - Gurkha War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=label:%22gazetteer%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=Jaitak&f=false Actions at Jaitak] Gazetteer 1857
