Qualla: Battle of Jhelum (1857) https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Jhelum (1857) https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857 Battle of Jhelum (1857): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The sealed orders were a bluff wrapped in routine. On July 1, 1857, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ellice marched three companies of the 24th Regiment of Foot -- 260 men, along with three guns of the Bengal Horse Artillery and 150 of Miller's Police Battalion -- out of their garrison under instructions none of them were permitted to read. Most assumed they were heading to Delhi, where the great rebellion had already erupted. They were not. Their destination was Jhelum, a garrison town on the river of the same name in Punjab, where two companies of the 14th Bengal Native Infantry waited, unknowing, for the order that would destroy them as a regiment.

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/ttu7-battle-of-jhelum-1857-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Jhelum (1857): Greased Cartridges and Shattered Trust https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The rebellion that consumed northern India in 1857 grew from soil that the East India Company had spent decades preparing. The Bengal Army recruited heavily among high-caste Hindus and comparatively wealthy Muslims -- Brahmins and Rajputs from Bihar and Awadh, soldiers known as P...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/ttu7-battle-of-jhelum-1857-greased-cartridges-and-shattered-trust.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Jhelum (1857): Two Garrisons, One Morning https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The plan was simultaneous disarmament. At Rawalpindi on the morning of July 7, the garrison was called to parade for what the men believed would be routine orders. Brigadier Campbell of the Royal Artillery then ordered the 58th Bengal Native Infantry and two companies of the 14th...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/ttu7-battle-of-jhelum-1857-two-garrisons-one-morning.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Jhelum (1857): Blood at Jhelum https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ellice's column arrived at Jhelum on the morning of July 7. When the sepoys of the 14th realized that everyone except the Sikhs among them was to be disarmed, they turned their weapons on the disarming force. Ellice fell early in the charge, wounded in the neck and leg, but the m...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/ttu7-battle-of-jhelum-1857-blood-at-jhelum.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Jhelum (1857): A Night Escape and a Ruined Regiment https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ellice ordered a withdrawal at dusk and set pickets for the night, telegraphing Rawalpindi for reinforcements. Lieutenant Holland arrived with a fresh column of the 24th. But when the attackers advanced at dawn, the village was empty. The remaining mutineers had slipped away in t...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/u/7/battle-of-jhelum-1857-wp/ttu7-battle-of-jhelum-1857-a-night-escape-and-a-ruined-regiment.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Jhelum (1857): Memorials on Both Sides https://qualla.com/battle-of-jhelum-1857/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. The battle produced heroes for both the conquerors and the conquered. Gunner William Connolly of the Bengal Horse Artillery earned a Victoria Cross for his actions at Jhelum on July 7 -- one of the earliest recipients of the award. Ellice was mentioned in dispatches and appointed...

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