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| + | '''This article is part of the [[Events at Cawnpore]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]''' | ||
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| + | == Synopsis == | ||
| + | Having fought five successful actions since leaving [[Allahabad]] on 1 July, Havelock finally recaptured [[Cawnpore]]. | ||
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| + | == 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/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-59)] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm | + | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-5] The British Empire<br> |
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore#Recapture_and_violence_by_the_British_soldiers Recapture of Cawnpore] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Marshman_Havelock-Allan Henry Havelock's VC] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia | ||
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| + | ==Historical Books Online== | ||
| + | [http://archive.org/stream/havelocksmarchon00sheruoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Havelock's March on Cawnpore 1857'']by J W Sherer CSI 1910 (Archive.org) | ||
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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
| − | Saul David, | + | Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548<br> |
| − | W H Russell, | + | 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:Events at Cawnpore|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Indian Mutiny|Cawnpore July 1857, Recapture of]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:53, 27 June 2012
| Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Maj Gen Henry Havelock | Tatya Tope | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
This article is part of the Events at Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny
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
Henry Havelock's VC Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
Havelock's March on Cawnpore 1857by J W Sherer CSI 1910 (Archive.org)
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
