Battle of Khushab

Battle of Khushab

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Khushab
partof=Anglo-Persian War


caption= British-Indian forces attacking at the Battle of Khushab
date= 7 February 1857
place= Khushab District, modern Pakistan
result=British victory
combatant1=United Kingdom
combatant2=Persia
commander1=Major General Sir James Outram
commander2=Khanlar Mirza
strength1=4600 total, including 2200 European infantry, 2000 Indian infantry, 400 cavalry, and 18 guns.
strength2=
casualties1=19 dead, 64 wounded
casualties2=700 dead, 100 prisoners

The Battle of Khushab took place on 7 February, 1857 and was the largest single engagement of the Anglo-Persian War. Having taken Brazjun (Boorasjoon) without a fight, the British expeditionary army under Sir James Outram was in the process of withdrawing to Bushehr when it was ambushed by a far larger Persian force under Khanlar Mirza, drawn up in battle order to its rear.

The distinguishing action of the battle was the charge of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (now amalgamated into The Poona Horse) against an infantry square of the 1st Khusgai Regiment of Fars, in which two Victoria Crosses were won. The recipients were the commander's adjutant Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Moore, who first broke into the square, and Captain John Grant Malcolmson, who then extricated Moore. Only twenty of the five hundred soldiers in the square escaped. Having successfully beaten off the ambush, the British continued their withdrawal to Bushehr.

[http://www.cabarfeidh.com/1857.htm Cabarfeidh.com] : including the account of Captain Hunt of the 78th Highlanders


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