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| + | Having fought five successful actions since leaving [[Allahabad]] on 1 July, Havelock finally recaptured [[Cawnpore]]. | ||
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== Biographies == | == Biographies == | ||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br> | Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br> | ||
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W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207<br> | W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207<br> | ||
Andrew Ward, ''Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857'' (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107 | Andrew Ward, ''Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857'' (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107 | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | [[Category:Battles|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Events at Cawnpore|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | [[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | [[Category:Indian Mutiny|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
Revision as of 11:07, 20 June 2010
| Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857 | ||
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| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 16 July 1857 | |
| Location: | Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.470876°N 80.371896°E | |
| Result: | City recaptured | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| General Sir Henry Havelock | Tatya Tope | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Synopsis
Having fought five successful actions since leaving Allahabad on 1 July, Havelock finally recaptured Cawnpore.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
Tantya Tope (1819-59)
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-5 The British Empire
Recapture of Cawnpore Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia
Recommended Reading
Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548
W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207
Andrew Ward, Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107
