Babu Kunwar Singh’s surprise attack - brilliant

Babu Kunwar Singh, who had occupied the village of Atraulia (32 kilometers from Azamgarh) on March 17, 1858 was today defeated by Colonel Milman, the British Commandant at Azamgarh, and appeared to be retreating.

However, when Milman’s hungry troops were having their breakfast, they were suddenly attacked by Kunwar Singh. In the encounter that followed, Milman’s forces suffered a route and were driven back; first to Koelsar and then forced to retreat all the way to Azamgarh where they sought refuge in the entrenchment that the British had built there.