१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

CHAPTER II
HAVELOCK
WHEN the Sikh Sepoys delivered the Allahabad
fort into the hands of the English, instead of
into the hands of the Revolutionaries, the Eng-
lish made it a base of operations on their side.
There was now no longer the danger of having
to carry on all civil and military operations in
the North of India from a distant centre like Calcutta.
Lord Canning decided to shift the capital itself to Allaha-
bad until the Revolution was suppressed and, accordingly,
he came in a few days to reside at Allahabad. But, in the
meanwhile, came the news of the miserable plight of the
English at Cawnpore and their piteous cries for help.
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