- Date
- Aug 25, 1857
- Location
- Lucknow
- Period
- Indian mutiny
Involved
- Colonel Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken
- Major General Sir John Eardley Inglis
- Major Samuel Hill Lawrence
- William Dowling Vc
The Bluejackets Periods Victorian Indian mutiny
lieutenant Aitken's sortie
Lieutenant Aitken leads his men out of the Baillie Guard Gate to attack two guns that had been positioned opposite it. After that they went on to attack Three Kotee