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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029722/ Maj Gen Charles WinhamWindham]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell%2C_1st_Baron_Clyde Sir Colin Campbell]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope Tatya Tantya Tope]
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'''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 ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]www.britishempire.co.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Cawnpore Wikipedia - 2nd Battle of Cawnpore]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004489/ Sir Colin Campbell] Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Colin Campbell]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Wikipedia - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia
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