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For nearly 5 months a British garrison of 1,500 troops and a similar number of civilians were surrounded by Indian rebels at the Residency at Lucknow.

This is the incredible story of a failed rescue, a rescue which ends up being besieged too, and finally their rescue by the general who commanded the "Thin Red Line" during the Crimean War.

En-route we meet the first civilian to be awarded the Victoria Cross and the first black man to receive the VC too.
And we also meet the sister of Lord Chelmsford of Zulu War fame!

This is the story of the siege of Lucknow in 1857

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