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Who led the British campaign to recapture Lucknow in 1858?

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Illustration of De Kantzow defending the treasury at Mainpuri during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, showing a British officer confronting armed sepoys inside a building as tensions rise during the uprising. — Indian Rebellion of 1857 Indian sepoys (soldiers) corner a British officer amid their attack on a treasury in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.

The British campaign to recapture Lucknow in March 1858 was led by Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, who served as the commander in chief of British forces in India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.12

Campbell had previously led the force that successfully evacuated the British Residency in Lucknow in November 1857 before returning the following spring to reclaim the city.13