Robert Cornelis Napier Biography

Joins the Army of the Sutlej and commands the Bengal Engineers at the Battle of Mudki

Joins the Army of the Sutlej and commands the Bengal Engineers at the Battle of Mudki

Wounded at the Battle of Ferozeshah while storming the Sikh camp

Present at the Battle of Sobraon

Chief Engineer at the reduction of the fortress of Kote Kangra in the Punjab by Brigadier General Wheeler

Appointed as consulting engineer to the Punjab resident and Council of Regency

Appointed civil engineer to the Board of Administration of the annexed province of Punjab, and carries out many significant public works during his time in that position

Appointed civil engineer to the Board of Administration of the annexed province of Punjab, and carries out many significant public works during his time in that position

Present at the surrender of the fortress of Chiniot

Present at the successful storming of Multan

Napier takes part in the Battle of Gujrat

Napier takes command of a column in the first Hazara expedition

Appointed commmander of a column against the Baris on the North-West frontier

After the fall of Lucknow, Napier is mentioned in despatches and made CB

Military secretary and adjutant-general to Sir James Outram, whose forces took part in the actions leading to the first relief of Lucknow

Takes charge of Lucknows defence until the second relief, when he was badly wounded while crossing an exposed space with Outram and Sir Henry Havelock to meet with Sir Colin Campbell. Military secretary and adjutant-general to Sir James Outram, whose forces took part in the actions leading to the first relief of Lucknow

Joins Sir Hugh Rose as second-in-command in the march on Gwalior

Marches 400 miles to Magdala & releases British prisoners

Attempts to rescue an English group including the British Consul arrested by Theodore

Lands in Abysinnia with a force of 32,000 men