The road by which Sir Henry Havelock entered the Residency, Lucknow, 1858

Photograph by Felice Beato (1825-1907), Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), 1858.

A relief force of 2,500 soldiers under Major-General Sir Henry Havelock left Cawnpore and fought its way into Lucknow on 26 September 1857, but after sustaining heavy casualties it was too weak to evacuate the defenders of the Residency.