Ganges River Campaign

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The Ganges River Campaign was a series of military confrontations that were initiated by the Sikh-Aurucolian forces. First planned by Bakhtawer Wahandi, the campaign's main goal was to seize control of the Ganges River to halt the tea trade maintained by the Lucians.

After his failure at Siege of Didesar and his subsequent retreat, Wahandi was transferred back to Northern Indiae to replace theater commander Rasjeevan Lakwera, relieved at not having deal with the harshness of the Himalaeyas. He planned the campaign on May 1815, and moved his army onto Kanpur. The subsequent Kanpur was costly, but he had managed to dislodge the Lucians and the Gorkhalis, thanks to Martin Dobos's unique attack on the gap in the Lucian-Gorkhali lines. At the Battle of Allahabad, Wahandi secured a decisive victory against the Lucians that won the Sikhs and Aurucolians control of the Ganges-Yamuna confluence. Under a week later, another decisive victory was obtained at the Battle of Ghazipur-Panjwiran, which lead Wahandi to relentlessly pursue the Lucian-Gorkhali force to Patna. After securing a decisive victory at the aforementioned city, the rest of the Ganges was left for Wahandi to subjugate for him to move onto Darjeeling to finally eradicate the Lucian tea trade.

The campaign was one of the most renowned during the conflict, and has been cited as a strategic and tactical masterpiece. Furthermore, the campaign cemented Wahandi's reputation as the "Sandor of Indiae/the East."

Background

Orders of battle

Sikh-Aurucolian force

Lucian-Gorkhali force

The campaign

Kanpur

Allahabad

Ghazipur-Panjwran

First Battle of Patna

Aftermath

Legacy