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[[Category:Battles|Sittana, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sittana, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=4 May 1857
|location=Sittana, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera_District Nowshera District, NWF]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.997859,71.96028&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.997859°N 71.96028°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Hindustani Fanatics & Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006429/ Maj gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Sittana Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>Peshawar Light Field Battery (4 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)<br>98th Foot (260 men)<br>7th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (200 men)<br>Peshawar Light Horse (30 men)<br>Sappers & Miners (100 men)<br>9th Punjab Infantry (400 men)<br>18th Punjab Infantry (400 men)<br>21st Native Infantry (300 men)<br>Guides Infantry (300 men)<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col H.Renny, 81st Foot''<br>81st Foot (200 men)<br>18th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)<br>Sappers & Miners (47 men)<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (200 men)<br>38th Dogras<br>8th Punjab Infantry (450 men)<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Maj A.T.Allen, 81st Foot''<br>81st Foot (105 men)<br>98th Foot (100 men)<br>7th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)<br>18th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (600 men)<br>8th Punjab Infantry (54 men)<br>9th Punjab Infantry (137 men)<br>18th Punjab Infantry (185 men)<br>21st Native Infantry (155 men)<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (254 men)<br>Guides Infantry (76 men)<br>
'''Maj J.R.Becher's Column'''<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)<br>Hazara Mountain Train Battery (3 guns)<br>2nd Sikh Infantry (300 men)<br>6th Punjab Infantry (450 men)<br>12th Punjab Infantry (300 men)<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[hhttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA304&dq=Sittana&as_brr=3&ei=luhLSYbhNYHCzgT1_KysDQ#PPA304,M1 Google Books - Action at Sittana]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sittana, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=4 May 1857
|location=Sittana, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera_District Nowshera District, NWF]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.997859,71.96028&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.997859°N 71.96028°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Hindustani Fanatics & Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006429/ Maj gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Sittana Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>Peshawar Light Field Battery (4 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)<br>98th Foot (260 men)<br>7th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (200 men)<br>Peshawar Light Horse (30 men)<br>Sappers & Miners (100 men)<br>9th Punjab Infantry (400 men)<br>18th Punjab Infantry (400 men)<br>21st Native Infantry (300 men)<br>Guides Infantry (300 men)<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col H.Renny, 81st Foot''<br>81st Foot (200 men)<br>18th Irregular Cavalry (100 men)<br>Sappers & Miners (47 men)<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (200 men)<br>38th Dogras<br>8th Punjab Infantry (450 men)<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Maj A.T.Allen, 81st Foot''<br>81st Foot (105 men)<br>98th Foot (100 men)<br>7th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)<br>18th Irregular Cavalry (25 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (600 men)<br>8th Punjab Infantry (54 men)<br>9th Punjab Infantry (137 men)<br>18th Punjab Infantry (185 men)<br>21st Native Infantry (155 men)<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regt (254 men)<br>Guides Infantry (76 men)<br>
'''Maj J.R.Becher's Column'''<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (2 guns)<br>Hazara Mountain Train Battery (3 guns)<br>2nd Sikh Infantry (300 men)<br>6th Punjab Infantry (450 men)<br>12th Punjab Infantry (300 men)<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[hhttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA304&dq=Sittana&as_brr=3&ei=luhLSYbhNYHCzgT1_KysDQ#PPA304,M1 Google Books - Action at Sittana]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
