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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Major-General '''George Carmichael-Smyth''' (1803–1890), was a British commanding officer of the [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]. In April 1857 he punished 85 of his men when they refused to use the cartridges of the Enfield rifle which had recently been issued. In response the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Native regiments rebelled]]. An account of the incident was written in an unsent letter by [[John Campbell Erskine MacNabb|John MacNabb]], a [[cornet (rank)|Cornet]] in the Cavalry.<ref name=Wagner2010>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=Kim A. |title=The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising |date=2010 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-1-906165-27-7 |page=117 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35sGgU8A4CEC&pg=PT117|language=en |chapter=6. Meerut}}</ref><ref name=Cadell1955>{{cite journal |last1=Cadell |first1=Patrick |title=The Outbreak of the Indian Mutiny |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |date=1955 |volume=33 |issue=135 |pages=118–122 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44226277 |issn=0037-9700|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Best2016>{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Brian |title=The Victoria Crosses that Saved an Empire: The Story of the VCs of the Indian Mutiny |date=2016 |publisher=Frontline Books |isbn=978-1-4738-5707-0 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmZGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT10 |language=en |chapter=The Siege of Delhi: May to September 1857|pages=10–14}}</ref><ref name=Pathak2010>{{cite book |last1=Pathak |first1=Amit |editor1-last=Verma |editor1-first=Bharat |title=Indian Defence Review: Jul-Sep 2010 |date=2010 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=81-7062-179-8 |pages=133–136 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Pu5KMhnLk4C&pg=PA133|language=en |chapter=The great upsurge of 1857: historical sites in Meerut cantonment}}</ref><br />
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Carmichael-Smyth was born in 1803, the youngest of eight sons of the physician, [[James Carmichael Smyth (physician)|James Carmichael Smyth]]. His elder brothers included [[Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet|Sir James Carmichael-Smyth]] and [[William Henry Carmichael-Smyth]].<ref name=Cadell1955/><ref name=Best2016/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*''[https://archive.org/details/historyofreignin00smyt/page/n5/mode/2up A History of the Reigning Family of Lahore with some account of the Jummoo Rajahs, the Seik soldiers and their Sirdars]''. Ed. by Carmichael Smyth. Calcutta 1847 (reprinted as Secret History of the Khalsa Durbar).<br />
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