Captain Spring survived Chillianwallah being with depot battalion of HM 24TH Foot- Killed in action here at Jhelum while trying to disarm 14th NI a very illustrious battalion of the British company's Bengal Army

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Captain Spring survived Chillianwallah being with depot battalion of HM 24TH Foot- Killed in action here at Jhelum while trying to disarm 14th NI a very illustrious battalion of the British company's Bengal Army
Captain Spring survived Chillianwallah being with depot battalion of HM 24TH Foot- Killed in action here at Jhelum while trying to disarm 14th NI a very illustrious battalion of the British company's Bengal Army

Indian Military Review: October 2019 by Agha H Amin www.amazon.com/dp/169734691X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_75MVABFPBF... via @amazon

Extract from my book :---

The 14th NI which was left at Jhelum was further weakened by sending two companies to Rawalpindi under the pretext of acting as escort for government treasure209. A party of European troops of the 24th Foot was sent to disarm the 500 men of 14th NI on 7th July. The sepoys of the 14th on seeing the advancing Europeans rebelled. A severe firefight followed in which the British/Sikh force was repulsed with heavy casualties (44 killed and 109 wounded)210. The sepoy casualties were also very heavy ie 144 killed. The sepoys had no more ammunition since their unit magazine's ammunition had been removed by the Britishers. They therefore withdrew during the night along River Jhelum into the Kashmir State, many were caught or killed later and in the end about 40 out of the total 500 managed to escape211.

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