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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 == | |||
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/311/mode/1up Nana Sahib]<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 | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iH5CAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Memoirs+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Havelock&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock KCB] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iH5CAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Memoirs+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Havelock&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock KCB] Google Books | ||
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign| Havelock's Campaign]] | [[Category:Havelock's Campaign| Havelock's Campaign]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Mutiny| Havelock's Campaign]] | [[Category:Indian Mutiny| Havelock's Campaign]] | ||
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Havelock's Campaign]] | [[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Havelock's Campaign]] | ||
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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
James Neill (1810-1857)
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope
External Links
Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock KCB Google Books