Capture of Lucknow
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The Capture of Lucknow was a battle of Indian rebellion of 1857. The British recaptured the city of Lucknow which they had abandoned in the previous winter after the relief of a besieged garrison in t
Begum Kothi or Queen's House, Lucknow, 1858
William Stephen Raikes Hodson was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, commonly referred to as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny. He was known as "Hodso
Capture of Lucknow
…were hard to estimate. British troops usually executed any prisoners they captured, whether armed or not. One of the prominent British casualties was William Hodson, who led an irregular cavalry unit and also served as an Intelligence officer, killed during the capture of the Begum Kothi on 11 March. Hibbert…
"Hodson and his boar spear" from Heroes of the Indian Mutiny; stories of heroic deeds (1914)
"Capture of the king of Delhi by Captain Hodson" from The Indian Empire (1857) by Robert Montgomery Martin
The Begum Kothi where Hodson was fatally wounded.
Banks' House in Lucknow, in 1857. Hodson was carried there to die.