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Battle of Nusrutpore

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[[Category:Battles|Nusrutpore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=23 January 1858
|location=Nusrutpore, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikandra Sikandra, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.596685,81.964889&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.596685°N 81.964889°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig Gen T.H.Franks]
|commander2=Nazim Fuzil Azeem
|strength1= 1,427 men<br>6 field guns
|strength2= 8,000 men<br>14 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}

== Jaunpur Field Force ==
'''Left Column under Col Ingram 97th Regiment'''<br>
Detachment 8th Coy 2nd Batt Royal Artillery (28 men)<br>Detachment 2nd Madras Light Field Battery(33 men)<br>Gurkha Artillery (24 men)<br>HM 97th Regiment (441 men)<br>Shere Batt Gurkhas (443 men)<br>Burruj Bahadur Gurkhas (432 men)<br>Native Artillery Detail (28 men)

== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]

== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Nusrutpore, Battle of]]

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