Our Bones Are Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres And The Indian Mutiny Of 1857

The siege and massacre at Cawnpore and the horrific retribution that followed is one of the bloodiest dramas of British Imperial History. In the maelstrom of the Great Mutiny of 1857 the garrison survived starvation and bombardment only to die brutally on the eve of rescue. To avenge their deaths thousands of Indians were hanged or blown to pieces.