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The 3,000 British forces, vastly outnumbered by the rebels, were too weak to storm the city. They fought a series of engagements with the mutineers during June and July. Barnard died of cholera on 5 July and was succeeded by General Thomas Reed who relinquished command to Wilson twelve days later due to ill health.<br> | The 3,000 British forces, vastly outnumbered by the rebels, were too weak to storm the city. They fought a series of engagements with the mutineers during June and July. Barnard died of cholera on 5 July and was succeeded by General Thomas Reed who relinquished command to Wilson twelve days later due to ill health.<br> | ||
| − | [ | + | [[John Nicholson|Brigadier John Nicholson]] arrived with his movable column on 14 August and on 8 September [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Lawrence Sir John Lawrence] brought reinforcements with heavy siege artillery. The assault on the city began on 14 September and by 21 September Delhi was recaptured. |
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| + | == Related articles == | ||
| + | [[Mutiny at Delhi]] 11-16 May 1857<br> | ||
| + | [[Battle of Ghazee-ood-din-Nuggur]] 30 May<br> | ||
| + | [[Battle of Hindun River]] 31 May<br> | ||
| + | [[Battle of Badli-ki-Serai]] 8 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 – Subzee Mundee|Action at Subzee Mundee]] 9 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 - Metcalfe House|Capture of Metcalfe House]] 12 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 - Idgah Battery|Attack on the Idgah Battery]] 17 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 - Ochterlony Garden|Action at Ochterlony Garden]] 19 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 - The Sammy House|Capture of the Sammy House]] 23 June<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 – Subzee Mundee|Action at Subzee Mundee]] 9 July<br> | ||
| + | [[Siege of Delhi 1857 – Subzee Mundee|Action at Subzee Mundee]] 13 August<br> | ||
| + | [[Action at Khurkowdah]] 15 August<br> | ||
| + | [[Battle of Rohtak]] 17-18 August<br> | ||
| + | [[Battle of Nujjuffghur]] 25 August<br> | ||
| + | [[Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857|Recapture of Delhi]] 14-20 September | ||
== Delhi Army == | == Delhi Army == | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://web.archive.org/web/20060206050655/defencejournal.com/2000/jan/dehli-campaign.htm The Delhi Campaign] | + | ''1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis'' by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin [http://web.archive.org/web/20060206050655/defencejournal.com/2000/jan/dehli-campaign.htm Chapter Six: "The Delhi Campaign"] defencejournal.com (Pakistan). January 2000 Issue.<br> |
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false 1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false 1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/delhi1857/delhi1857max.jpg Map of Delhi 1857-58] www.columbia.edu<br> | [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/delhi1857/delhi1857max.jpg Map of Delhi 1857-58] www.columbia.edu<br> | ||
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Contents
Summary
Once the news of the mutinies at Meerut and Delhi became known, units were called to Umballa to form a siege army for Delhi. Major General George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in India, died of cholera on 27 May and was succeeded by Major General Henry Barnard. Joined from Meerut by Brigadier Archdale Wilson, Barnard reached Delhi on 8 June where he established a position on a ridge north of the city.
The 3,000 British forces, vastly outnumbered by the rebels, were too weak to storm the city. They fought a series of engagements with the mutineers during June and July. Barnard died of cholera on 5 July and was succeeded by General Thomas Reed who relinquished command to Wilson twelve days later due to ill health.
Brigadier John Nicholson arrived with his movable column on 14 August and on 8 September Sir John Lawrence brought reinforcements with heavy siege artillery. The assault on the city began on 14 September and by 21 September Delhi was recaptured.
Related articles
Mutiny at Delhi 11-16 May 1857
Battle of Ghazee-ood-din-Nuggur 30 May
Battle of Hindun River 31 May
Battle of Badli-ki-Serai 8 June
Action at Subzee Mundee 9 June
Capture of Metcalfe House 12 June
Attack on the Idgah Battery 17 June
Action at Ochterlony Garden 19 June
Capture of the Sammy House 23 June
Action at Subzee Mundee 9 July
Action at Subzee Mundee 13 August
Action at Khurkowdah 15 August
Battle of Rohtak 17-18 August
Battle of Nujjuffghur 25 August
Recapture of Delhi 14-20 September
Delhi Army
1st Umballa Brigade
Brig Halifax, 75th Queen's Regiment
- 75th Queen's Regiment
- 1st Bengal Europeans
- One troop of Horse Artillery
2nd Umballa Brigade
Brig Jones, 60th Royal Rifles
- One wing of 60th Royal Rifles
- Two squadrons of 9th Lancers
- One squadron of 4th Bengal Lancers
- One Troop of Horse Artillery
Meerut Brigade
Brig A Wilson, Royal Artillery
- One wing of 60th Royal Rifles
- Two squadrons of Carabineers
- One Field Battery
- One troop of Horse Artillery
- Native Sappers
- 120 Siege Artillerymen
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Henry Barnard (1799-1857)
James Hope Grant (1808-1875)
William Hodson (1821-1858)
James Neill (1810-1857)
John Nicholson (1821-1857)
Thomas Reed (1796-1883)
Henry Tombs (1824-1874)
Archdale Wilson (1803-1874)
External Links
1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin Chapter Six: "The Delhi Campaign" defencejournal.com (Pakistan). January 2000 Issue.
1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign Google Books
Map of Delhi 1857-58 www.columbia.edu
Siege of Delhi Google Books
Siege of Delhi Wikipedia
rlc-conductor.info then click on "Articles, Features & Essays" then click on "A Trying Occasion: An account of the Indian Mutiny" which gives an account of the blowing up of the Delhi[ammunition] magazine on the 11th May 1857 by Ordnance Officers and Conductors
Richard Wadeson's VC Wikipedia
Historical books online
- With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The letters of Brevet-major O.H.S.G. Anson 1896 Archive.org
