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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=1 November 1857
|location=Kujwa, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindki Bindki], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.049714,80.583325&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.049714°N 80.583325°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lt-Col Powell, HM 53rd Regiment<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peel_(VC) Capt William Peel VC], Naval Brigade
|commander2=
|strength1=400 infantry<br>103 Naval Brigade<br>2 guns
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was part of the [[Oude Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
[[Shannon's Naval Brigade]] under Capt Peel was making for Cawnpore when it took part in an action against rebels near Bindki, Uttar Pradesh. Colonel Powell was killed and the command fell on Peel. The enemy was driven from the field.
== Field Force ==
''Lt-Col Powell commanding''<br>
*162 men [[53rd Regiment of Foot|HM 53rd Regiment]] under Major Clark
*68 Royal Engineers under Capt Clarke
*70 depot detachment under Lieut Fanning, 64th Regt
*103 [[Shannon's Naval Brigade|Naval Brigade]] under Capt Peel RN
*100 [[93rd Regiment of Foot|93rd Highlanders]] under Capt Cornwall
Two 9-pounder guns under Lt Anderson, [[Bengal Artillery]]
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QAcjhmmPQUQC&pg=PA264&dq=Battle+of+Kudjwa+1857&hl=en&ei=TO81TJ_qNNSosQb_l7zFAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Battle%20of%20Kudjwa%201857&f=false Battle of Kujwa - Peel's despatch] Google Books<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A7XMfkemThoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Shannon's+brigade+in+India&hl=en&ei=Kvg1TMTTIISpsAayqv3MAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Shannon's Brigade in India''] by Edmund Hope Verney 1862 (Google Books)
[[Category:Battles|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=1 November 1857
|location=Kujwa, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindki Bindki], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.049714,80.583325&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.049714°N 80.583325°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lt-Col Powell, HM 53rd Regiment<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peel_(VC) Capt William Peel VC], Naval Brigade
|commander2=
|strength1=400 infantry<br>103 Naval Brigade<br>2 guns
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was part of the [[Oude Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
[[Shannon's Naval Brigade]] under Capt Peel was making for Cawnpore when it took part in an action against rebels near Bindki, Uttar Pradesh. Colonel Powell was killed and the command fell on Peel. The enemy was driven from the field.
== Field Force ==
''Lt-Col Powell commanding''<br>
*162 men [[53rd Regiment of Foot|HM 53rd Regiment]] under Major Clark
*68 Royal Engineers under Capt Clarke
*70 depot detachment under Lieut Fanning, 64th Regt
*103 [[Shannon's Naval Brigade|Naval Brigade]] under Capt Peel RN
*100 [[93rd Regiment of Foot|93rd Highlanders]] under Capt Cornwall
Two 9-pounder guns under Lt Anderson, [[Bengal Artillery]]
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QAcjhmmPQUQC&pg=PA264&dq=Battle+of+Kudjwa+1857&hl=en&ei=TO81TJ_qNNSosQb_l7zFAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Battle%20of%20Kudjwa%201857&f=false Battle of Kujwa - Peel's despatch] Google Books<br>
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A7XMfkemThoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Shannon's+brigade+in+India&hl=en&ei=Kvg1TMTTIISpsAayqv3MAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Shannon's Brigade in India''] by Edmund Hope Verney 1862 (Google Books)
[[Category:Battles|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Battle of Kujwa, Battle of]]
