Henry Havelock
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Major-General Sir Henry Havelock was a British general who is particularly associated with India and his recapture of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
1865 portrait
Havelock's grave, in the grounds of the Alumbagh Picket-House, the former palace
The monument erected over Havelock's grave, in the Alambagh cemetery
The statue of General Havelock in Trafalgar Square, London
Siege of Lucknow
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The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reach
Henry Havelock
…Havelock proved himself the man for the occasion and won a reputation as a great military leader. Three times he advanced for the relief of the Lucknow, but twice held back rather than risk fighting with troops wasted by battle and disease. Reinforcements arrived at last under Outram, who assumed…
7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry in Lucknow
Sir John Eardley Inglis by William Gush
Crossing the Ganges into Oudh