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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=12 June 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad [Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.428953,81.869407&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.432248°N 81.870215°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_George_Smith_Neill [James Neill|Col James Neill]]
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[[Image:JamesNeill.jpg|thumb|Brig Gen James Neill]]
== Summary ==
[[James Neill|Lieut Col James Neill]] arrived from [[Benares]] on 11 June with a detachment of [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras Fusiliers]] and entered the fort. Taking command, the next day Neill bombarded the rebels and drove them from the town. This opened the way Major Stevenson with another detachment of Fusiliers to reach Allahabad. Then began a systematic campaign of attacking and burning the villages where rebels were found or suspected. A policy of indiscriminate hangings was designed to terrorise the surroundings. Reinforcements arrived from Calcutta and women and children were sent downriver in two steam boats. By the end of June both Benares and Allahabad were restored to safety.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/314/mode/1up James Neill (1810-1857)]<br>
== 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://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101019863/ James Neill] Dictionary of National Biography<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Colonel+Neill&as_brr=1&ei=14yUR6mMAYGW7ALjyticBw#PPA159,M1 Col Neill at Allahabad] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=81QOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=Russoolpore&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=ORvSSKzaJYy4yASV2vDpAw#PPA118,M1 Capture of Allahabad] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52&dq=Benares&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Relief of Allahabad] Google Books <br />[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22&dq=Allahabad+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA22,M1 Allahabad] Gazetteer 1857<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia<br> ==== Historical Books on- Col Neill at line ====[http://www.archive.org/stream/martyrofallahaba00meekiala#page/n7/mode/2up The martyr of Allahabad; memorials of Ensign Arthur Marcus Hill Cheek, of the Sixth Native Bengal Infantry]by Rev Robert Meek 1857 (archive.org)
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Image:Allahabadmap.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Allahabad Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]][[Image:Allahabad.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Allahabad Map 1933]] [[Category:Battles|Allahabad, Relief of]][[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Allahabad, Relief of]][[Category:Indian Mutiny|Allahabad, Relief of]]
