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== Wheeler's Garrison ==
*One company of Artillery - 63 men, 16 women, 20 children
*[[84th Regiment of Foot|84th Regiment]] - 60 men, 55 women, 40 children
*[[32nd Regiment of Foot|32nd Regiment]] - 84 men, 45 women, 60 children
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras Fusiliers]] - 15 men
*Musicians and other occupations - 45 men, 29 women, 100 children
*Non-military -
== Native Troops ==
*[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry|2nd Light Cavalry]]
*[[1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|1st Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|53rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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_Cawnpore "Siege of Cawnpore"]  ''Wikipedia''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] ''Wikipedia''
[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_Cawnpore "Siege of Cawnpore"]  ''Wikipedia''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] ''Wikipedia''

Revision as of 12:06, 19 June 2010

Siege of Cawnpore June 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 5-27 June 1857
Location: Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.470876°N 80.371896°E
Result: Siege
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler Nana Sahib
Tatya Tope
Strength
Casualties

Wheeler's Garrison

  • One company of Artillery - 63 men, 16 women, 20 children
  • 84th Regiment - 60 men, 55 women, 40 children
  • 32nd Regiment - 84 men, 45 women, 60 children
  • 1st Madras Fusiliers - 15 men
  • Musicians and other occupations - 45 men, 29 women, 100 children
  • Non-military -

Native Troops

External Links

"Indian Mutiny 1857-58" The British Empire.
"Siege of Cawnpore" Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 Description of the uprising and names on monuments of European victims archive.org


Recommended Reading

Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548
W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207
Andrew Ward, Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107