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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Brigadier General Henry Havelock was appointed to command the force designed to relieve Cawnpore and then Lucknow. From Allahabad he won a series of victories recapturing Cawnpore on 16 July. He made three attempts to get to Lucknow. Finally, reinforced by Sir James Outram, he left Cawnpore on 19 September and re-entered Lucknow on 25 September. He was then besieged by a larger force of rebels and died of dysentery shortly after the siege was lifted for the second time on 17 November. | Brigadier General Henry Havelock was appointed to command the force designed to relieve [[Cawnpore]] and then [[Lucknow]]. From [[Allahabad]] he won a series of victories recapturing Cawnpore on 16 July. He made three attempts to get to Lucknow. Finally, reinforced by Sir James Outram, he left Cawnpore on 19 September and re-entered Lucknow on 25 September. He was then besieged by a larger force of rebels and died of dysentery shortly after the siege was lifted for the second time on 17 November. | ||
== Biographies == | == Biographies == | ||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br> | Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/195/mode/1up Henry Havelock (1795-1857)]<br> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/195/mode/1up Henry Havelock (1795-1857)]<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/311/mode/1up Nana Sahib]<br> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/311/mode/1up Nana Sahib (1819-59)]<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/314/mode/1up James Neill (1810-1857)]<br> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/314/mode/1up James Neill (1810-1857)]<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/324/mode/1up James Outram (1803-1863)]<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1820-59)] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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Summary
Brigadier General Henry Havelock was appointed to command the force designed to relieve Cawnpore and then Lucknow. From Allahabad he won a series of victories recapturing Cawnpore on 16 July. He made three attempts to get to Lucknow. Finally, reinforced by Sir James Outram, he left Cawnpore on 19 September and re-entered Lucknow on 25 September. He was then besieged by a larger force of rebels and died of dysentery shortly after the siege was lifted for the second time on 17 November.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
Nana Sahib (1819-59)
James Neill (1810-1857)
James Outram (1803-1863)
Tantya Tope (1820-59)
External Links
Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock KCB Google Books