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|commander1= [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029639/ Maj Gen Archdale Wilson]
|commander1= [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029639/ Maj Gen Archdale Wilson]
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|strength1= 1,293 cavalry<br>4,023 infantry<br>1,602 artillery & engineers
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|strength2=4,000 disciplined cavalry<br>12,000 infantry<br>3,000 undisciplined levies
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[[Image:Regts present at Delhi Siege.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Regiments present at the Siege of Delhi from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
[[Image:Regts present at Delhi Siege.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Regiments present at the Siege of Delhi from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
'''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''


== Storming Parties ==
== Storming Parties ==
{|
{|


|'''1st Column under Brig-Gen Nicholson'''<br>
|'''1st Column under [[John Nicholson|Brig-Gen John Nicholson]]'''<br>
to assault the main breach<br>  
to assault the main breach<br>  
and Cashmere Bastion
and Cashmere Bastion
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|-
|-
|[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Infantry]]
|[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Infantry]]
|Capt Green
|(Capt Green)
|450
|450
|-
|-
|[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]], headquarters
|'''2nd Column under Brig Jones'''<br>
|296
to assault the Water Bastion
|
|
|-
|-
|[[75th Regiment of Foot|HM 75th Foot]], headquarters
|[[8th Regiment of Foot|HM 8th Foot]]
|513
|([[Edward Greathed|Lt-Col Greathed]])
|250
|-
|-
|[[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 60th Rifles]], headquarters
|[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd Bengal Europeans]]
|299
|(Capt Boyd)
|250
|-
|-
|[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st European Bengal Fusiliers]]
|[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]]
|520
|(Capt Rothney)
|450
|-
|-
|[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Bengal Fusiliers]]
|'''3rd Column under Col Campbell'''<br>
|556
to assault the Cashmere Gate
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]
|[[52nd Regiment of Foot|HM 52nd Foot]]
|275
|(Maj Vigors)
|200
|-
|-
|[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Goorkha Battalion]]
|[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|Kumaon Goorkhas]]
|296
|(Capt Ramsay)
|250
|-
|-
|[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Infantry]]
|[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Infantry]]
|725
|(Capt Rothney)
|500
|-
|-
|[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]]
|'''4th Column under Maj Reid'''<br>
|345
to assault the Kissengunje<br>
and Pahareepore suburbs
|
|
|-
|-
|[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Goorkhas]]
|
|
|
|'''4,023'''
|-
|-
|'''Cavalry'''
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]
|'''Officers and Men'''
|
|  
|-
|-
|[[6th Dragoon Guards|HM Carabiniers]]
|European Pickets
|153
|
|
|-
|-
|[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]
|Native Pickets
|428
|
|-
|850
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry]]
|338
|-
|1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Cavalry
|148
|-
|[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Cavalry]]
|110
|-
|[[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjaub Cavalry]] (at Alipore)
|116
|-
|-
|'''Reserve under Brig Longfield'''<br>
to assault the Water Bastion
|
|
|
|'''1,298'''
|-
|-
|'''Artillery and Engineers'''
|[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
|'''Officers and Men'''
|(Lt-Col Deacon)
|250
|-
|-
|Artillery, European and Native
|[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjaub Infantry]]
|1129
|(Capt Wilde)
|-
|450
|[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
|209
|-
|Punjaub Sappers and Miners
|264
|-
|
|'''1,602'''
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,918'''
|-
|-
|Sick
|[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|Belooch Battalion]]
|765
|Lt-Col Farquhar)
|300
|-
|-
|Wounded
|Jheend Auxiliaries
|1,116
|(Lt-Col Dunsford)
|300
|}
|}
== Victoria Cross awards ==
The following VCs were associated with the assault on the city
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hawthorne Bugler Robert Hawthorne]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Charles_Home Lieutenant Duncan Home]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGuire_(VC) Sergeant James McGuire]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Taylor_Reade Surgeon Herbert Reade]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Ryan Drummer Miles Ryan]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Salkeld Lieutenant Philip Salkeld]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haydon_Shebbeare Lieutenant Robert Shebbeare]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Smith_(VC) Lance-Corporal Henry Smith]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(sergeant) Sergeant John Smith]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Waller Colour-Sergeant George Waller]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Renny Lieutenant George Renny]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Talbot_Thackeray 2nd Lieutenant Edward Thackeray]
== 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/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Wikipedia - Siege of Delhi]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=Killed+wounded+1857&as_brr=3&ei=ayuLSdLTFp2INZ60gLEF#PPA355,M1 Google Books - Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi]
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Siege of Delhi] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNCSqs1sdyQC&pg=PA121&dq=Nicholson+Kashmir+Bastion&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Nicholson%20Kashmir%20Bastion&f=false Storming of the city] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=Killed+wounded+1857&as_brr=3&ei=ayuLSdLTFp2INZ60gLEF#PPA355,M1 Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi] Google Books<br>


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

Latest revision as of 11:02, 20 October 2011

Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 14-20 September 1857
Location: Delhi National Capital Region
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.656233°N 77.241066°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
Delhi Field Force Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Archdale Wilson
Strength
Casualties
The Regiments present at the Siege of Delhi from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

This event was part of the Delhi Campaign during the Indian Mutiny

Storming Parties

1st Column under Brig-Gen John Nicholson

to assault the main breach
and Cashmere Bastion

Men
HM 75th Foot (Lt-Col Herbert) 200
1st Bengal Europeans (Major Jacob) 250
2nd Punjaub Infantry (Capt Green) 450
2nd Column under Brig Jones

to assault the Water Bastion

HM 8th Foot (Lt-Col Greathed) 250
2nd Bengal Europeans (Capt Boyd) 250
4th Sikh Infantry (Capt Rothney) 450
3rd Column under Col Campbell

to assault the Cashmere Gate

HM 52nd Foot (Maj Vigors) 200
Kumaon Goorkhas (Capt Ramsay) 250
1st Punjaub Infantry (Capt Rothney) 500
4th Column under Maj Reid

to assault the Kissengunje
and Pahareepore suburbs

Sirmoor Goorkhas
Guides Infantry
European Pickets
Native Pickets 850
Reserve under Brig Longfield

to assault the Water Bastion

HM 61st Foot (Lt-Col Deacon) 250
4th Punjaub Infantry (Capt Wilde) 450
Belooch Battalion Lt-Col Farquhar) 300
Jheend Auxiliaries (Lt-Col Dunsford) 300

Victoria Cross awards

The following VCs were associated with the assault on the city

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Siege of Delhi Wikipedia
Storming of the city Google Books
Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654

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