Barkat Ahmad
Infantry: * 32nd Regiment of Foot - 300 * 13th, 48th, 71st Bengal Native Infantry - 230 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 |strength2=approx. 7,000
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 |casualties1=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 |casualties2=589 |}}
Barkat Ahmad (1787 – 5 June 1858) was a sepoy mutineer and leading figure of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Barkat Ahmad led the army of Indian rebels in the Battle of Chinhat, in Awadh region. Barkat Ahmad was a highly trained British sepoy. He led the rebels against the British officer Sir Henry Lawrence who was then located at the Residency. Provided by Wikipedia
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