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'''This article is part of the [[Events at Cawnpore]] and the [[Oude Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Cawnpore Wikipedia - 2nd Battle of Cawnpore]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004489/ Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Colin Campbell]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Wikipedia - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]  
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Cawnpore Wikipedia - 2nd Battle of Cawnpore]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004489/ Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Colin Campbell]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Wikipedia - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]  

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Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 19 November - 6 December 1857
Location: Cawnpore, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.470876°N 80.371896°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Charles Winham
Sir Colin Campbell
Tatya Tope
Strength
Casualties

This article is part of the Events at Cawnpore and the Oude Campaign during the Indian Mutiny

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Wikipedia - 2nd Battle of Cawnpore
Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Colin Campbell
Wikipedia - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
"Our Bones are Scattered" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107