. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . e to set. out from Cawnporefor the effectual relief of Lucknow. Even then, important and difficult as was the task, his force amountedto only 4,550 men and thirty-two guns. On the 12th he arrived at theAlambagh, and there his difficulties commenced, as the residency was to bereached through the heart of the city, where every street, house, and wallwas a fortress, a march along which would have been enough to have destroyed
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . e to set. out from Cawnporefor the effectual relief of Lucknow. Even then, important and difficult as was the task, his force amountedto only 4,550 men and thirty-two guns. On the 12th he arrived at theAlambagh, and there his difficulties commenced, as the residency was to bereached through the heart of the city, where every street, house, and wallwas a fortress, a march along which would have been enough to have destroyedthrice the numbers he commanded. But he had been previously informed ofall the localities of the city and suburbs, and the positions of the enemy, andhe availed himself of this knowledge by making a detour to the right as Have-lock had done. It was effected with equal success, although against obsta-cles equally formidable; and, after a series of desperate skirmishes, he reachedthe residency on the 17th, his arrival being aided on the part of Havelockand the garrison by a sally, in which the enemy was routed and the waycleared for his entrance. H. W. — VOL. XXII. O. Colin Campbell(179^-1863) 194 THE HISTOEY OF BRITISH INDIA [1857-1858 And now to remove the women and children, the sick, wounded, andcivilians, for he saw that the residency must be abandoned! This was astill more difficult task than to lead armed men into the place. But this alsowas successfully accomplished. By a series of masterly feints Sir Colin dis-tracted the attention of the enemy; and while he kept them massed togetherin the expectation of an immediate attack, he quietly removed the helplessduring the afternoon and night of the 19th, along a line of posts which heformed on the left rear of his position, and conveyed them in safety to Dil-kusha, a palace belonging to the kings of Oudh, after which the troops of thegarrison followed on the 22nd, and all reached Dilkusha in safety, withoutthe loss of
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