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'''This was part of [[Havelock's Campaign]] and the [[Events at Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
At the end of July Maj-Gen Henry Havelock attempted to relieve the city from [[Cawnpore]] but was forced to retire due to lack of forces. In September Maj-Gen Sir James Outram with reinforcements took command at Cawnpore and mounted a relief expedition under Havelock who drove the rebels from their strongpoint at the [[Battle of Alambagh (Lucknow) Sept 1857|Battle of Alambagh]]. Havelock fought his way through to the Residency but it proved impossible to evacuate the sick and non-combatants. He therefore remained besieged while a small force occupied the Alambagh.
== 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/325/mode/1up James Outram (1803-1863)]<br>
== External Links ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Battles|Lucknow Relief, First]]
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Lucknow Relief, First]]
[[Category:Events at Lucknow|Lucknow Relief, First]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Lucknow Relief, First]]
