ABSTRACT
The city of Cawnpur, with a population of 60,000 Natives, lies 600 miles north-west of Calcutta, 250 miles south-east of Dehli, and 43 miles southwest of Lucknow. In 1857, the boat was captured, and 80 persons-men, women, and children-reached Cawnpur again on June 30, the day the Nana was enthroned as Peshwa. An advanced column of 400 Europeans and 500 Natives, with 2 guns, under Major Renaud, had marched on the evening of June 29 from Allahabad to relieve Cawnpur, and was followed on July 7 by another force under Havelock. There Lieutenant Palliser’s Oudh Irregulars came on an equal body of the 2nd Cavalry, the regiment which led the mutiny and massacre at Cawnpur. There was no mutilation; no dishonour attempted, but the horrible massacre, which appalled the whole civilised world, induced reprisals on many thousands who had never been near Cawnpur.
