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Vellore Mutiny
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
Gen Robert Gillespie
Lord William Bentinck
Strength
European garrison:
Four coys HM 69th Regiment of Foot
Relief force: HM 19th Light Dragoons
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
Google Books - Mutiny at Vellore
Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Lord William Bentinck