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rebellion
Rebels killed Europeans and Indian Christians -
Delhi
4,000 men occupied a ridge overlooking Delhi, they were too wear to overrule the city -
Relief force
The British relief force was shot upon and any man who survived was immediately killed -
Defeat
Lawrence's men retreated and they were defeated, Lawrence had around 1,600 troops -
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Captivity
Cawnpore was held under control -
Explosion
Lawrence was killed when a shell entered his room and exploded, Colonel John Inglis was now in command -
Women and Children
The women and children who survived were imprisoned, they were later murdered and thrown down wells when the British were near -
Relief Force
Havelock's relief force reached Cawnpore. Havelock carried out indiscriminate reprisals against both guilty and innocent people -
Punjab
Reinforcements arrived with a train holding 32 guns and 2,000 men, hundreds of mutineers and innocent people were executed without trial -
Diversity
Most of the men were British, the rest were Sikhs, Punjabi Muslims and Gurkhas -
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Street Fighting
Delhi was taken and was gone through but was recaptured -
Casualties
2500 soldiers left Cawnpore and fought their way back into Lucknow, they sustained major casualties and were too weak to evacuate the defenders -
British Artillery
Campbell's relief force arrived obtaining 4500 men. They stormed the wall enclosure around the Residency. The British Artillery opened a breach and the infantry stormed inside. They killed around 2500 rebels. -
Evacuating the Residency
Campbell evacuated the Residency -
Tantya Tope
Gathered an army to recapture the city, Carnpore was in rebel hands -
Bombay
Major-General Sir Hugh Rose's Central India Field Force advanced from Bombay -
Attacks
Campbell attacked Windhams and they were unprepared for the attack, Tantya's troops broke and fled -
Saugor
Rose relieved Saugor and then advanced on Jhansi -
Campbell returns
He returned to Lucknow and his reinforced army joined Outram's 4000 men -
Construction
Campbell attacked Lucknow and his engineers constructed bridges across the river Gumti -
Nawab of Oudh
Location was captured and looted, many of its defenders escaped into the countryside to continue fighting. Campbell beat off counter attacks -
Defeat...again
Rose's army took over Jhansi and then later defeated Tantya Tope's relief force -
Jhansi
Jhansi was stormed and looted. At least 5000 defenders died -
Rose
Rose advanced on Kalpi and won the battles of Kunch on May 1 -
Rose
Rose won the battle of Kalpi on May 16 -
Gwalior
Rebels took remaining forces into Gwalior to defeat its pro British ruler. -
Rose
Rose left Kalpi and marched to Gwalior. He recaptured Morar and defeated rebels at Kotah-ke-Serai. The Rani was killed -
Recaptured
British recaptured Gwalior. Most rebels surrendered or went into hiding. Tantya dodged the British until April 1859 and he was betrayed and hung