Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857

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Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 19 November - 6 December 1857
Location: Cawnpore, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.470876°N 80.371896°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Charles Windham
Sir Colin Campbell
Tantya Tope
Strength
Casualties

This article is part of the Events at Cawnpore and the Oude Campaign during the Indian Mutiny

Synopsis

After Havelock recaptured Cawnpore in July 1857 he set out to relieve the Siege of Lucknow where he too became besieged. General Colin Campbell gather a larger force and left General Windham with 1,500 men to hold Cawnpore. On 19 November Tantya Tope brought a rebel army of 6,000 men to threaten the city. Windham attacked the advance guard on 26 November and drove them back but withdrew to an entrenchment and the rebels occupied Cawnpore. General Campbell returned from Lucknow and on 6 December defeated the rebel forces.

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 www.britishempire.co.uk
2nd Battle of Cawnpore Wikipedia
Sir Colin Campbell Dictionary of National Biography
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia

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