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welcome to part four in my series about the Indian rebellion of 1857-58 this is the story of a British Garrison of 1 500 soldiers and a similar number of civilians including hundreds of women and children besieged in a 60-acre compound in Northern India it's the story of a failed relief effort and a successful one only for the relief column to end up being besieged too and finally it takes a general who commanded The Thin Red Line against the Russians during the Crimean War to come to their rescue and during that last successful relief a record number of Victoria crosses were awarded in a single bloody day then having rescued the civilians sparing them from a possible fate to like the Garrison at kanpor the British abandoned the city leaving it under Indian control for the next six months this is the topsy-turvy story on Siege of Lucknow simmering resentments against British rule from different parts of Indian Society not least disgruntled soldiers or sepoys were coming to a head in 18