Several hundred mutineers were shot from cannons during the closing months of this rebellion, which ended with the campaigns of Hugh Rose.
Several hundred mutineers were shot from cannons during the closing months of this rebellion, which ended with the campaigns of Hugh Rose. The tide had turned with the winter campaign around Lucknow led by Colin Campbell. Earlier, Bahadur Shah II was nominally returned to power after native soldiers stationed in Meerut rose up in outrage concerning the requirement that they use a mixture of pigs' and cows' blood to lubricate their new Enfield rifles. FTP, what was this 1857-58 mutiny by Indian troops in the British army?
Several hundred mutineers were shot from cannons during the closing months of this rebellion, which ended with the campaigns of Hugh Rose.
Sepoy Mutiny (or Indian Mutiny)