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|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys | |combatant2=Rebel Sepoys | ||
|commander1=[http://www. | |commander1=[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/448/mode/1up/search/Wheeler Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler] | ||
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Sahib Nana Sahib (Dhondu Pant)]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope Tatya Tope] | |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Sahib Nana Sahib (Dhondu Pant)]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope Tatya Tope] | ||
|strength1=950 | |strength1=950 incl. 225 women & 320 children | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1= | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm "Indian Mutiny 1857-58"] | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm "Indian Mutiny 1857-58"] www.britishempire.co.uk<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore "Siege of Cawnpore"] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur_Memorial_Church Kanpur Memorial Church] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029186/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler] ODNB | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
'' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/106/mode/2up Description of the uprising and names on monuments of European victims] archive.org | '' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/106/mode/2up Description of the uprising and names on monuments of European victims] archive.org | ||