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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny Vellore Mutiny] Wikipedia <br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny Vellore Mutiny] Wikipedia <br> | ||
[http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/miscellaneous/vellore.jpg Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map]<br> | [http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/miscellaneous/vellore.jpg Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map]<br> | ||
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101002161/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Lord William Bentinck] | [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101002161/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Lord William Bentinck] | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9LQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA430 "Mutiny at Vellore"], page 430 ''Rise and Progress of the British Power in India, Volume 2'' by Peter Auber published in 1837. Google Books. | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/nineteenththeirt00bidduoft#page/156/mode/2up "Vellore Mutiny"] page 157 ''The Nineteenth and Their Times : being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army that have borne the number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in which they served'' by Colonel John Biddulph 1899 Archive.org | |||
[[Category:Battles|Vellore Mutiny]] | [[Category:Battles|Vellore Mutiny]] | ||
[[Category:Mutinies]] | [[Category:Mutinies]] | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 6 January 2016
| Vellore Mutiny | ||
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| Part of Vellore Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 10 July 1806 | |
| Location: | Vellore, Tamil Nadu | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 12.91177°N 79.136627°E | |
| Result: | Mutiny suppressed | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| General Robert Rollo Gillespie Lord William Bentinck |
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| Strength | ||
| European garrison: Four coys HM 69th Regiment of Foot Relief force: HM 19th Light Dragoons |
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| Casualties | ||
| Massacred: Col Fancourt & 14 officers 99 NCOs and privates 15 others died of wounds |
350 rebels killed 350 rebels wounded 600 imprisoned 500 fugitives | |
External Links
Vellore Mutiny Wikipedia
Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Lord William Bentinck
Historical books online
- "Mutiny at Vellore", page 430 Rise and Progress of the British Power in India, Volume 2 by Peter Auber published in 1837. Google Books.
- "Vellore Mutiny" page 157 The Nineteenth and Their Times : being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army that have borne the number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in which they served by Colonel John Biddulph 1899 Archive.org