Second British Attack on Khalanga /Nalapani Garhi

  Khalanga Campaign -12

     Anglo Nepalese War with   Reference to Gurkha Rule over Uttarakhand & Himachal -62

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -181   

             History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -704

                                         By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

                      Gillespie planed a strategy for second attack on Khalanga/Nalapani Garhi. He was of an opinion that if Khalanga /Nalapani Garhi would be surrounded from four ways and then army would attack at the Garhi, there British would definitely would won the war.

 Gillespie divided his army into five divisions and ordered his commanders to march in night towards Khalanga and attack from next morning. The order for each commander was as follows (Williams, Memoir of Dehradun)-

 1-Captain John Fast was commanding 363 Indian soldiers and officers would attack from Lakhand village that was North West of Nalapani Hill.

2- Major Kelly was the in charge of 521 Indian soldiers and 20 Indian Pioneers. He was supposed to reach at Kharsali and from there to march towards Nalapani. Kharsali was two miles away in North of Khalanga/Nalapani hills.

3-Captain john Campbell was commander of 283 Indian soldiers and officers. Campbell was to reach in night at Ashthal village east of Saugangghere and would march from Ashthal village towards Nalapani.

4- Lieutenant Colonel carpenter was heading two companies of 53th British regiment having 588 soldiers. He was supposed to attack from Tharapani Tapda.

5- Major Ladle was in reserve for assisting Carpenter at Tharapani with   100 Irish Dragons and 991 Indian soldiers.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com1/9/2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -705

*** History of Gorkha/Gurkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) to be continued in next chapter

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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