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{{Battlemap|war=the Oude Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=27.210671,82.161255&spn=3.809972,6.091919&t=p&z=8&msid=101241150585833319689.0004747887d887bb23ed7}}
== Summary ==
After the recapture of [[Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857|Cawnpore]] in December 1857 the British started a campaign to subdue the province of [[Oude]]. The Army of Oude from [[Cawnpore]] led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]] assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig-Gen Thomas Franks] and the Nepalese Army under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Bahadur Jung Bahadur] converged on [[Lucknow]] which was finally relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions.
== Army of Oude ==
