Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Vellore Mutiny

825 bytes added, 16:27, 1 October 2016
Add external link
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel SepoysMadras native Infantry|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010738/ Gen [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 <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9LQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA430&dq=Vellore+1806&as_brr=(retrieved 1&ei=pJaYSMCAEZXAigH19uHQBw#PPA436,M1 Google Books - Mutiny at Vellore]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.*[https://archive.org/stream/nineteenththeirt00bidduoft#page/156/mode/2up "Vellore Mutiny"] page 157 ''The Nineteenth and Their Times : being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army that have borne the number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in which they served'' by Colonel John Biddulph 1899 Archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Vellore Mutiny]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]

Navigation menu