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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=14 November 1857 
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilkusha Dilkusha], [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] 
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.812966,80.903192&z=16&t=h&hl=en 26.812800°N 80.901300°E]   
|result=British success 
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] 
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde Sir Colin Campbell]
|commander2= 
|strength1=
|strength2= 
|casualties1=  
|casualties2= 
}}

'''This was part of the [[Events at Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''

== Summary ==
After Colin Campbell's action at Alambagh the relief force moved forward to take Dilkusha Park and La Martiniere College.

== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire website<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow Siege of Lucknow] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilkusha_Kothi#1857 Dilkusha Kothi] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j6Xt3O0CDFYC&pg=PR423&dq=Martiniere+1857&hl=en&ei=2SQ4TPXeJsP_lgfrrPTTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Martiniere%201857&f=false Actions on 14th November] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A7XMfkemThoC&pg=PA31&dq=The+Shannon's+brigade+in+India:+The+whole+force+got+under+weigh&hl=en&ei=5Hg4TPaZKcSclgf91NXVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Shannon's Naval Brigade at Dilkusha] Google Books

== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

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