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Engelsk generalmajor.
Døde af udmattelse under forsvaret af Lucknow.
Entering the army in 1815, he was sent (1823) to India, where he served
in the first Burma War (1824-26), the first Afghan War (1839), and the
Sikh Wars (1843-49). During the Indian Mutiny, Havelock recaptured (July,
1857) Cawnpore (Kanpur) from the rebels, but he was too late to save the
British population from massacre.
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