BattlefieldsBattle of Agra
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Battle of Agra

1857
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Rebel Company sepoys
Forces
Rebel Company sepoys: 10,000; 12 guns
VS
Victor
British Empire
Forces
British Empire: 1,900 sepoys; 750 British soldiers; 12 guns
Outcome
British victory
The Battle

History & Significance

The Battle of Agra was a comparatively minor but nevertheless decisive action at the end of a prolonged siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In the early days of the rebellion, the countryside around Agra fell into widespread disorder. Many East India Company administrators and their families and servants fled to the protection of the fort. When a rebel army composed mainly of sepoys who had mutinied against their British officers approached Agra they defeated a sortie by the garrison, which was incompetently led by aged officers.

Suspected site. The exact location is uncertain.
Casualties & Losses

British Empire: 433 including 101 Europeans and 332 Indians | Rebel Company sepoys: 4,800

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