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'The Boats Stuck In The Mud And Were An Easy Mark', 1908, (c1920). The Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnporewere surrendered to rebel forces, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]