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Defence of Alambagh (Lucknow)

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[[Category:Battles|Alambagh, Defence of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Alambagh, Defence of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=27 November 1857-10 March 1858
|location=[[Alambagh]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.812966,80.903192&z=16&t=h&hl=en 26.812800°N 80.901300°E]
|result=British success
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Lt Gen Sir James Outram]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow Wikipedia - Siege of Lucknow]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alambagh Wikipedia - Alambagh]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cDMYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Alumbaugh+Outram&ei=i_Z-SZ2SNYvuMsnxmPcO#PPA1,M1 Google Books - Outram at Alumbaugh]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020962/ Dictionary of National Biography - James Outram]

== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

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