Battle of Chinhat

Battle of Chinhat
Part of Indian Rebellion of 1857
Date30 June 1857
Location
Ismailganj, near Lucknow, India
Result Rebel victory
Belligerents
East India Company Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Henry Lawrence
Col. John Inglis (32nd)		 Barkat Ahmad
Khan Ali Khan
Strength

approx. 700[1]
Infantry:

Cavalry

  • Volunteer cavalry - 40
  • Detachments of 1st, 2nd, 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry - 120

Artillery

  • Horse Light Field Battery - 4 guns
  • No 2 Oude Field Battery - 4 guns
  • One 8 inch howitzer

approx. 7,000[2]
Infantry: approx. 6,000

  • 22nd Bengal Native Infantry.
  • 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th Oude Irregular Infantry.
  • 1st, 2nd Regiments Military Police.
  • Local Police Detachment - 300
  • Oude talookdars from Ramnugger Dhumeyree and Mahonah
  • Levied Infantry

Cavalry approx. 800

  • 15th Bengal Irregular Cavalry
  • 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry

Artillery: 16 guns

  • 5th, 7th, 13th Bty. Bengal Artillery
  • 1st Bty. Light Field, Oude Irregular Artillery
Casualties and losses

Dead: Col. William Case, CPT. Stephens, Lt. Brackenbury, Thomson (32nd), 112 NCOs and Men.
Wounded: Campbell (71st), James (Commissariat)
Losses:

  • 2 Howitzer,
  • 1 9-Pounder[1]
 589

The Battle of Chinhat was fought on the morning of 30 June 1857, between British forces and Indian rebels, at Ismailganj, near Chinhat (or Chinhut), Oude (Awad/Oudh). The British were led by The Chief Commissioner of Oude, Sir Henry Lawrence. The insurgent force, which consisted of mutineers from the East India Company's army and retainers of local landowners, was led by Barkat Ahmad, a mutineer officer of the Company's army.

  1. ^ a b Henry Stedman Poleahampton (1858). A Memoir, Letters, and Diary. R. Bentley. pp. 319–.
  2. ^ "Battle of Chinhat 30 June 1857". Iron Duke Miniatures. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.