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advance Agra Allahabad Alum Bagh annexation Arrah arrived artillery attack August Azimgurh batteries Benares Bengal body Bombay bridge brigade British troops Calcutta Campaign captured cavalry Cawnpore Central India Checked by countermine chiefs Colonel column command contest crossed defeated Delhi detached Dinapore disaffection disarmed districts east enemy enemy's English evacuated flank force Franks's Fyzabad Ganges garrison Gogra Goomtee Government guns Gwalior Havelock held Hope Grant Jhansi John Lawrence joined Jumna June Kaiser Bagh Kalpee Konwur Singh line of defences Lord Dalhousie Lucknow Madras Mahomedan Mahratta March Meerut ment Mhow miles military Moghul moulvie moved Mutchi Bhown Mutiny Native Infantry native troops Neemuch numbers Nuwab officers operations Oude outbreak Outram Peshawur Phillour province Punjab Rajah Rajpoot reached rebels regiments reinforcements relieved Residency position revolt river Rohilkund route secure sent sepoys Sept siege Sikh Sir Colin Sir Henry Lawrence Sir Hugh storming of Delhi talookdars Tantia turned Umballa
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