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[[Category:Battles|Cawnpore, Siege of]]
 
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
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|date=5-27 June 1857
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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]
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|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.470875,80.371898&z=14&t=h&hl=en 26.470876°N 80.371896°E] 
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|result=Siege
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|territory=
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
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|casualties1= 
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== External Links ==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]
  
  
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==
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''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
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''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
 
"''Our Bones are Scattered''" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107
 
"''Our Bones are Scattered''" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107
== External Links ==
 
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/cawnpore.htm British Empire Website - The Siege of Cawnpore]
 

Revision as of 11:47, 7 May 2008

Siege of Cawnpore June 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 5-27 June 1857
Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.470876°N 80.371896°E
Result: Siege
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Strength
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58


Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207 "Our Bones are Scattered" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107