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|date=19 November - 6 December 1857  
|date=19 November - 6 December 1857  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]  
|location=[[Cawnpore]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.470875,80.371898&z=14&t=h&hl=en 26.470876°N 80.371896°E]   
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== 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]
[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 Wkipedia - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]  


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 15:00, 15 January 2009

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

External Links

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