Cawnpore and Lucknow: a tale of two sieges

✍ Scribed by Richards, Donald Sydney

• Book ID: 100647916
• Publisher: Pen and Sword; Pen & Sword Military
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 325 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: India,India., India--Kānpur., India--Lucknow., Kānpur (India), Lucknow (India
• ISBN: 1783833742

✦ Synopsis

"Following the May 1857 uprising by sepoys in Meerut and Delhi, the whole future of the British Raj was in the balance. Nowhere was this better demonstrated than at Lucknow and Cawnpore. At the latter, a garrison of 240 with 375 British women and children battled to survive a siege by 3,000 mutineers led by Nana Sahib. Unimaginable horrors of artillery and sniper fire coupled with the crippling heat of the Indian summer took their toll. An offer of safe passage was treacherously reneged on and the massacres which followed drew a terrible retribution when relief finally arrived, in the shape of Generals Havelock and Neil. At Lucknow, the 1800 British men, women and children supported by more than 1,000 loyal sepoys resisted assaults by 20,000 mutineers, despite heavy casualties and sickness. Sir Colin Campbell's force got through to relieve the garrison and evacuate civilians in November 1857 but the city was not restored to British control until March 1858. The relief of these two sieges symbolised British determination to defeat the uprising and retain control of the Indian subcontinent. These dramatic events of 150 years ago brought to life in this ... history with its ... descriptions of appalling atrocities and hardships, as well as inspiring courage and endurance"--Dust jacket.;'The favourites of heaven' -- The gathering storm -- Misplaced confidence -- The storm breaks -- Misplaced hopes -- 'Kuda-ki-Mirzee' -- The Bibigarh massacre -- Retribution -- The Gwalior contingent -- Battle for the residency -- The march of Henry Havelock -- Enter Sir Colin Campbell -- The fall of Lucknow -- The demise of the Nana.

✦ Subjects

India -- Lucknow