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[[Category:Battles|Delhi, Recapture of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=14-20 September 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi [Delhi ]] National Capital Territory] Region
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.656233,77.241066&z=15&t=h&hl=en 28.656233°N 77.241066°E]
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[[Image:Regts present at Delhi Siege.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Regiments present at the Siege of Delhi from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
'''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Storming Parties ==
{|
|'''1st Column under [[John Nicholson|Brig-Gen John Nicholson]]'''<br>
to assault the main breach<br>
and Cashmere Bastion
|
|'''Men'''
|-
|[[75th Regiment of Foot|HM 75th Foot]]
|(Lt-Col Herbert)
|200
|-
|[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal Europeans]]
|(Major Jacob)
|250
|-
|[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Infantry]]
|(Capt Green)
|450
|-
|'''2nd Column under Brig Jones'''<br>
to assault the Water Bastion
|
|
|-
|[[8th Regiment of Foot|HM 8th Foot]]
|([[Edward Greathed|Lt-Col Greathed]])
|250
|-
|[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd Bengal Europeans]]
|(Capt Boyd)
|250
|-
|[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]]
|(Capt Rothney)
|450
|-
|'''3rd Column under Col Campbell'''<br>
to assault the Cashmere Gate
|
|
|-
|[[52nd Regiment of Foot|HM 52nd Foot]]
|(Maj Vigors)
|200
|-
|[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|Kumaon Goorkhas]]
|(Capt Ramsay)
|250
|-
|[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjaub Infantry]]
|(Capt Rothney)
|500
|-
|'''4th Column under Maj Reid'''<br>
to assault the Kissengunje<br>
and Pahareepore suburbs
|
|
|-
|[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Goorkhas]]
|
|
|-
|[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]
|
|
|-
|European Pickets
|
|
|-
|Native Pickets
|
|850
|-
|'''Reserve under Brig Longfield'''<br>
to assault the Water Bastion
|
|
|-
|[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
|(Lt-Col Deacon)
|250
|-
|[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjaub Infantry]]
|(Capt Wilde)
|450
|-
|[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|Belooch Battalion]]
|Lt-Col Farquhar)
|300
|-
|Jheend Auxiliaries
|(Lt-Col Dunsford)
|300
|}
== Victoria Cross awards ==
The following VCs were associated with the assault on the city
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hawthorne Bugler Robert Hawthorne]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Charles_Home Lieutenant Duncan Home]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGuire_(VC) Sergeant James McGuire]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Taylor_Reade Surgeon Herbert Reade]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Ryan Drummer Miles Ryan]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Salkeld Lieutenant Philip Salkeld]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haydon_Shebbeare Lieutenant Robert Shebbeare]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Smith_(VC) Lance-Corporal Henry Smith]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(sergeant) Sergeant John Smith]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Waller Colour-Sergeant George Waller]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Renny Lieutenant George Renny]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Talbot_Thackeray 2nd Lieutenant Edward Thackeray]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Siege of Delhi] Wikipedia - Siege <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNCSqs1sdyQC&pg=PA121&dq=Nicholson+Kashmir+Bastion&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Nicholson%20Kashmir%20Bastion&f=false Storming of the city] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=Killed+wounded+1857&as_brr=3&ei=ayuLSdLTFp2INZ60gLEF#PPA355,M1 Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi]Google Books<br>
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654
[[Category:Battles|Delhi, Recapture of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Delhi, Recapture of]]
[[Category:Delhi Campaign|Delhi, Recapture of]]
