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[[Category:Battles|Cawnpore, 2nd Siege of]]
[[Category:Battles|Cawnpore, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=5 June - 17 July 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|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]
|result=Siege
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029186/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope Tatya Tope]
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}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore Wikipedia - Siege of Cawnpore]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207<br>
"''Our Bones are Scattered''" by A Ward 1996 ISBN 0719564107
