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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel SepoysMadras native Infantry
|commander1=[[Robert Rollo Gillespie|General Robert Rollo Gillespie]]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Bentinck Lord William Bentinck]
|commander2=
|strength1=European garrison:<br>Four coys HM [[69th Regiment of Foot]]<br>Relief force: HM [[19th Lancers|19th Light Dragoons]]
|strength2= Native garrison:<br>[[1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|1st Btn 1st MNI]]<br>[[1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|2nd Btn 1st Btn MNI]]<br>[[23rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|2nd Btn 23rd MNI]]
|casualties1=Massacred:<br>Col Fancourt & 14 officers<br>99 NCOs and privates<br>15 others died of wounds
|casualties2=350 rebels killed<br>350 rebels wounded<br>600 imprisoned<br>500 fugitives
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny Vellore Mutiny] Wikipedia (retrieved 1 October 2016)<br>
[http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/miscellaneous/vellore.jpg Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map]<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101002161/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Lord William Bentinck]<br>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/the-first-war-of-independence/article2275063.ece Vellore Mutiny] Article in the Hindu 25 March 2007
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9LQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA430 "Mutiny at Vellore"], page 430 ''Rise and Progress of the British Power in India, Volume 2'' by Peter Auber published in 1837. Google Books.
