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{{Battlemap|war=the Oude Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=27.210671,82.161255&spn=3.809972,6.091919&t=p&z=8&msid=101241150585833319689.0004747887d887bb23ed7}}
== Summary ==
After the recapture of [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Cawnpore]] in December 1857 the British started a campign campaign to subdue the province of [[Oude]]. The Army of Oude from [[Cawnpore]] led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde [Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]] assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig-Gen Thomas Franks] and the Nepalese Army under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Bahadur Jung Bahadur] converged on [[Lucknow]] which was finally releived relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions.
== Army of Oude ==
''Under the command of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde [Cawnpore]] led by [[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]]''<br>
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'''Artillery Division'''<br>
**3rd Coy 5th Battalion [[Bengal Artillery]]
**Detachment of Bengal Artillery Recruits
*[[Shannon's Naval Brigade ]] under ''Capt W Peel CB RN''
*Engineer Brigade
**4th Coy Royal Engineers
**Corps of Pioneers<br>
'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''[[James Hope Grant|Brig-Gen J H Grant CB ]] commanding''
*1st Brigade
**[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]
**[[Hodson's Horse]]<br>
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
''[[James Outram|Maj-Gen Sir James Outram GCB]], Bombay Army commanding''
*1st Brigade
**[[84th Regiment of Foot|HM 84th Regiment]]
**[[78th Regiment of Foot|HM 78th Highlanders]]
**[[90th Regiment of Foot|HM 90th Light Infantry]]
**[[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Ferozpore]]<br>
'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
*3rd Brigade
