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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrah [Arrah]], Bhojpur, Bihar] |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]

|commander1=Mr Herwald Wake<br>Major Dunbar<br>[http://www.oxforddnbmetmuseum.comorg/indexCollections/101009040search-the-collections/ 190041410 Major Vincent Eyre]

 == Summary ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babu_Kunwar_Singh Kunwar Singh] took command of the sepoys who mutinied at [[Dinapore]]. Forewarned that they would attack [[Arrah]], the Europeans who remained behind fortified a bungalow where they held out for about ten days. A relief force from Dinapore under Captain Dunbar was ambushed as they approached and forced to retreat with heavy casualties. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Lowis_Mangles Ross Mangles] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fraser_McDonell William McDonnell] won VCs in the action. It wasn't until 3 August that Major Vincent Eyre dispersed the enemy and raised the siege.   == First relief force ==*[[37th Regiment of Foot|HM 37th Regiment]] (200 men)*[[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Regiment]] (detachment)*50 Sikhs == Second relief force ==160 men of [[5th Regiment of Foot|HM 5th Fusiliers]] and 3 guns<br>under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Eyre Major Vincent Eyre] == External Links links ==[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br> ==== Historical books online ====*''A turning point in the Indian Mutiny'' by I. Giberne Sieveking 1910 [http://www.archive.org/stream/turningpointinin00sieviala Archive#page/18/mode/2up Siege of Arrah] www.archive.org - <br>*''A History of the Great Revolt'' by John William Kaye 1864 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NcMzo7SdYOwC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=Herwald+Wake+Arrah&source=bl&ots=CHqfO5Woxd&sig=rQzDcv0o9uyZJAzUPFFMKdZMLKA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A3xUUeDBMMnM0AXauICoCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Herwald%20Wake%20Arrah&f=false Siege of Arrah]Google Books<br>*''A comprehensive history of India'' by Henry Beveridge 1862 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA645&dq=Arrah&as_brr=1&ei=sQSaR9zhH6DQiQG8oP3FAQ#PPA646,M1 Relief of Arrah] Google Books - Relief *[https://archive.org/details/b28987639 ''Arrah in 1857..''] Reprinted from a Pamphlet by John James Hall to which is added an account of…the Relief… by Charles Kelly. 1893 Archive.org.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.121302 ''Two Months In Arrah In 1857''] by John James Halls, late Assistant Surgeon at the Civil Station of Arrah1905, reprint of 1860 edition. Archive.org. Arrah was twenty four miles from [[Dinapore]].