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Brigadier General Henry Havelock [[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell's]] plan for the pacification of Central India was appointed for separate columns to be formed from the two Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. The Bombay force, under the command of [[Hugh Rose|Gen Sir Hugh Rose]], should march from Mhow to Gwalior and Jhansi, and the Madras force designed , which was to relieve Cawnpore be led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grant Sir Patrick Grant], should march towards Nagpore. These two columns were to act in concert to defeat rebel forces under the command of [[Tatya Tope]]. The major operations of the '''Central India Field Force''' under Rose and then Lucknowthe '''Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force''' under [http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/bio/whitlock_gc. From Allahabad he won html Whitlock] lasted for the whole of 1858 and resulted in the destruction of Tantia Tope's army as a series significant threat. Other units taking part were the '''Rajputana Field Force''' under [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101023755/ General Henry Roberts] and the '''Malwa Field Force''' under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michel_(British_Army_officer) Maj-Gen John Michel]. ==Related articles ==For details of events during this period see the following articles<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">{||22 October 1857|[[Battle of Dhar]]|-|21 November 1857|[[Battle of Mundesore]]|-|25 November 1857|[[Relief of Neemuch]]|-|24-30 January 1858|[[Siege of Rathguhr]]|-|3 February 1858|[[Relief of Saugor]]|-|3 March 1858|[[Battle of victories recapturing Cawnpore Mudanpore Pass]]|-|14 March 1858|[[Battle of Chundehree]]|-|23 March-3 April 1858|[[Battle of Jhansi]]|-|30 March 1858|[[Battle of Kotah]]|-|1 April 1858|[[Battle of Betwa River]]|-|19 April 1858|[[Battle of Bhowragarh]]|-|5 May 1858|[[Battle of Loharree Mud Fort]]|-|7 May 1858|[[Battle of Koonch]]|-|22 May 1858|[[Battle of Kalpi]]|-|22 May 1858|[[Battle of Humeerpore]]|-|6 June 1858|[[Occupation of Kirwee]]|-|16 June 1858|[[Battle of Morar]]|-|16-20 June 1858|[[Battle of Gwalior 1858|Battle of Gwalior]]|-|17 June 1858|[[Battle of Kota-ki-Serai]]|-|21 June 1858|[[Battle of Jowra Alipore]]|-|8 August 1858|[[Battle of Sunganeer]]|-|14 August 1858|[[Battle of Kattara]]|-|6 September 1858|[[Forcing Punghatee Pass]]|-|15 September 1858|[[Battle of Beorora]]|-|9 October 1858|[[Battle of Mungrowlee]]|-|19 October 1858|[[Battle of Sindwah]]|-|25 October 1858|[[Battle of Koorai]]|-|2 January 1859|[[Battle of Khoree Kurarayah]]|-|16 May 1859|[[Battle of Richwa]]|}</div> === Central India Field Force ===[[Hugh Rose|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Rose KCB]] commanding<br>'''1st Brigade (Brigadier Stuart)'''*One Squadron of HM [[14th Light Dragoons]].*One Troop of [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]] of Bombay Army.*[[86th Regiment of Foot|HM 86th Foot]] (Two companies, other companies joined at Chanderi on 16 JulyMarch 1858).*[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Infantry]]*Two Batteries of European Artillery*Bombay Sappers & Miners Detachment<br>'''2nd Brigade'''*Headquarters HM [[14th Light Dragoons]]*Headquarters [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Light Cavalry]]*[[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|3rd Bombay European Regiment]]*24th Bombay Infantry*No 1 Troop, Horse Artillery*One Field Battery*Madras Sappers and Miners*Siege Train (Joined 15 January 1858)<br>'''Contingent Hyderabad State'''*[[Deccan Horse|1st Hyderabad Cavalry]]*[[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)|4th Hyderabad Cavalry]]*Artillery:*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|1st Company Hyderabad Artillery]]:*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|2nd Company Hyderabad Artillery]]:*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|4th Company Hyderabad Artillery]]:*Two Howitzers.*Wing of [[3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|3rd Hyderabad Infantry]]*Wing of [[5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|5th Hyderabad Infantry]] ===Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force==='''British Army Regiments:'''*[[12th Light Dragoons|12th Lancers]] (left wing)*[[43rd Regiment of Foot]]*6 Coy/14th Brigade [[Royal Artillery]] (later G Battery/14th Brigade) '''Native Regiments:''' <small>TBC</small>*[[6th Madras Light Cavalry]]*[[7th Madras Light Cavalry]]*[[3rd Madras (European) Infantry]]*[[1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry]]*[[19th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry]]*[[50th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry]]*2 companies of Sappers*Hyderabad Green Horse ([[Deccan Horse|2nd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent]]?) ===Malwa Field Force===Brig C S Stuart, 1st Bombay Europeans, commanding*14th Light Dragoons (left wing) under Major Gall*3rd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent*25th Bombay Infantry*Four coys, HM 86th Regiment == External Links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_India_Campaign_(1858) Central India Campaign] Wikipedia<br>*''1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis'' by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin [http://web.archive.org/web/20060618070003/defencejournal.com/2000/feb/central-indian.htm Chapter Seven: "The Central India Campaign"] defencejournal.com (Pakistan) February 2000 Issue, now archived. <br> ==== Historical books online ====*''Selections from the letters, despatches and other state papers preserved in the Military Department of the Government of India, 1857-58'' edited by George W. Forrest, Director of Records of the Government of India. [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle04forruoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume IV] [Central India] 1912 Archive.org:''A History of the Indian Mutiny; reviewed and illustrated from original documents'' by G W Forrest. [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm03forr#page/n9/mode/2up Volume III], [Central India]. 1912 Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vbpXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A Sortie from Fort St. George; being a Narrative of the Services of the Madras Troops under Major-General Whitlock ... during the War in Central India ... 1858-59'']. By one who served in the campaigns. Re-printed from the ''Madras Daily Times'' 1860 Google Books. Also available as a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100023386178.0x000001 British Library Digital file].*[http://www.google.com/books?id=-TsQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_slider_thumb#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India''] by Asst Surgeon John Henry Sylvester 1860 (Google Books)<br />*[http://books.google. He made three attempts com/books?id=6GwBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 ''Central India during the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858''] by Thomas Lowe, Medical Officer to get to Lucknowthe Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners 1860 (Google Books)<br>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/revoltincentral00burtgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Revolt in Central India 1857-1859''] compiled by Army Headquarters, India 1908 (archive.org)<br>*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp. Finally33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=342 "The Storming of Jhansi: A Passage in the History of the Royal County Downs" [Royal Downshires, reinforced or 86th Regiment of Foot<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by J. D. B. page 344 ''The United Service Magazine 1878, Part 1'' HathiTrust Digital Library.*[https://archive.org/details/generalsirrichar00thor ''General Sir James OutramRichard Meade and the Feudatory States of Central and Southern India; a record of forty-three year's service as Soldier, Political Officer and Administrator''] by Thomas Henry Thornton 1898 Archive.org. Born 1821, Sir Richard served in the Bengal Army from 1838 for nearly twenty years. At the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny he left Cawnpore on 19 September and rewas Brigade-entered Lucknow on 25 SeptemberMajor of the Gwalior Contingent which mutinied. He later raised Meade’s Horse. Subsequently in 1859 he was then besieged by a larger force appointed Political Agent at Gwalior, finally retiring in March 1881.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6wbmMHtf-FwC&pg=PA310 "The Mutiny"] page 310 ''Memorials of Service in India‬: ‪from the correspondence of the late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson,‬ Political Agent at Gwalior during the Mutiny'' 1865 Google Books*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7HEBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''The Mutinies in Rajpootana, being personal narrative of the Mutiny at Nusseerabad, with subsequent residence at Jodhpore, and journey across the desert into Sind, together with an account of the outbreak at Neemuch, and mutiny of rebels the Jodhpore Legion at Erinpoora, and died attack on Mount Aboo''] by Iltudus Thomas Prichard. late of dysentery shortly after the siege was lifted for Bengal Army 1860 Google Books. He had served with the [[15th Bengal Native Infantry]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190508034757/https://www.peterharrington.co.uk/the second time -mutinies-in-rajpootana-33157.html peterharrington.co.uk] </ref>*"An Old Soldier on 17 Novemberthe Indian Mutiny". From the diary of Private William Taylor, K Company, [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st HLI]], who served in the Central Indian Campaign in the Bullock Battery, and also the Camel Corps. :[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JOuzfgh0BpgC&pg=PA889 Page 889] July 1903; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JOuzfgh0BpgC&pg=PA921 page 921] October 1903; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JOuzfgh0BpgC&pg=PA30 page 30] January 1904; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JOuzfgh0BpgC&pg=PA130 page 130] October 1904. ''Highland Light Infantry Chronicle''. Google Books. ==== Maps====*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=44 Central India map] Imperial Gazetteer of India Vol 26 Atlas 1909[[Category:Central India Campaign| Havelock's Central India Campaign]][[Category:Indian Mutiny| Central India Campaign]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Central India Campaign]]==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}