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Siege of Cawnpore June 1857
| Siege of Cawnpore June 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 5-27 June 1857 | |
| Location: | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.470876°N 80.371896°E | |
| Result: | Siege | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler | Tatya Tope | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
"Indian Mutiny 1857-58" The British Empire.
"Siege of Cawnpore" Wikipedia.
Recommended Reading
Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548
W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207
Andrew Ward, Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107