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{{Battlemap|war=the Oude Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=27.210671,82.161255&spn=3.809972,6.091919&t=p&z=8&msid=101241150585833319689.0004747887d887bb23ed7}} | {{Battlemap|war=the Oude Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=27.210671,82.161255&spn=3.809972,6.091919&t=p&z=8&msid=101241150585833319689.0004747887d887bb23ed7}} | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
After the recapture of [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Cawnpore]] in December 1857 the British started a campaign to subdue the province of [[Oude]]. The Army of Oude from [[Cawnpore]] led by [Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]] assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig-Gen Thomas Franks] and the Nepalese Army under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Bahadur Jung Bahadur] converged on [[Lucknow]] which was finally relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions. | After the recapture of [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Cawnpore]] in December 1857 the British started a campaign to subdue the province of [[Oude]]. The Army of Oude from [[Cawnpore]] led by [[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]] assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig-Gen Thomas Franks] and the Nepalese Army under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Bahadur Jung Bahadur] converged on [[Lucknow]] which was finally relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions. | ||
== Army of Oude == | == Army of Oude == | ||
''Under the command of [ | ''Under the command of [[Cawnpore]] led by [[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]]''<br> | ||
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Summary
After the recapture of Cawnpore in December 1857 the British started a campaign to subdue the province of Oude. The Army of Oude from Cawnpore led by Sir Colin Campbell assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of Brig-Gen Thomas Franks and the Nepalese Army under Jung Bahadur converged on Lucknow which was finally relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions.
Army of Oude
Under the command of Cawnpore led by Sir Colin Campbell
Artillery Division
Maj-Gen Archdale Wilson KCB, Royal Artillery commanding
- Brigade of Field Artillery
- E Troop Royal Horse Artillery
- F Troop Royal Horse Artillery
- 1st Troop 1st Brigade Bengal Artillery
- 2nd Troop 1st Brigade Bengal Artillery
- 2nd Troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Artillery
- 3rd Troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Artillery
- 3rd Coy 14th Battalion Royal Artillery
- No 20 Light Field Battery
- 2nd Coy 3rd Battalion Bengal Artillery
- No 12 Light Field Battery
- Brigade of Siege Artillery
- 3rd Coy 8th Battalion Royal Artillery
- 6th Coy 11th Battalion Royal Artillery
- 5th Coy 12th Battalion Royal Artillery
- 5th Coy 13th Battalion Royal Artillery
- 4th Coy 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery
- 1st Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery
- 3rd Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery
- Detachment of Bengal Artillery Recruits
- Shannon's Naval Brigade under Capt W Peel CB RN
- Engineer Brigade
- 4th Coy Royal Engineers
- 23rd Coy Royal Engineers
- HQ Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Punjaub Sappers and Miners
- Corps of Pioneers
Cavalry Division
Brig-Gen J H Grant CB commanding
- 1st Brigade
- HM 9th Lancers
- 2nd Battalion Military Train
- 2nd Punjaub Cavalry
- Detachment of 5th Punjaub Cavalry
- Wale's Horse
- 2nd Brigade
- HM 2nd Dragoon Guards
- HM 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
- Volunteer Cavalry
- Detachment 1st Punjaub Cavalry
- Hodson's Horse
1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir James Outram GCB, Bombay Army commanding
- 1st Brigade
- 2nd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
- 4th Brigade
3rd Infantry Division
Brig-Gen R Walpole commanding
Jaunpore Field Force
Brig-Gen T H Franks commanding
British Force
- 6th Coy 13th Battalion Royal Artillery (108 men)
- 8th Coy 2nd Battalion Royal Artillery (52 men)
- Detachment of A Coy 3rd Battalion Madras Artillery (66 men)
- Detachment of 4th Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery (30 men)
- Detachment Benares Horse (38 men)
- HM 10th Regiment (730 men)
- HM 20th Regiment (717 men)
- HM 97th Regiment (661 men)
- Native Artillery Detail
Allied Goorkha Force
- 6 Battalions Infantry
- Artillery attached
Total 5,710 men
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Colin Campbell (1792-1863)
Thomas Franks (1808-1862)
James Hope Grant (1808-1875)
Alfred Horsford (1818-1885)
Edward Lugard (1810-1898)
Nana Sahib (1820?-1859?)
Tantya Tope (1819-59)
Edward Wetherall (1815-69)
Charles Windham (1810-1870)
External Links
Brigadier Troup's Actions in Oude Google Books
Map of Oudh annexed in 1856 Wikipedia
