Battle of Aong

Overview

The Battle of Aong took place on July 15, 1857, during the Indian rebellion of 1857, between the East India Company forces and Nana Sahib's forces.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Aong, fought on 15 July 1857, was part of Henry Havelock's campaign against Nana Sahib's forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The engagement placed Havelock's column of approximately 2,500 East India Company troops in direct opposition to Nana Sahib, whose resistance represented one of the principal rebel concentrations in the Ganges plain. The battle occurred within the broader effort by Company forces to reassert control following the widespread uprising that had broken out across northern India earlier that year. Beyond its place in Havelock's operational advance, the recorded outcome and its consequences for the campaign are not detailed in available sources.

Forces & casualties

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