As many as 200 were picked up by Colonel Masters." The exhausted garrison fought doggedly on all through the next month-- October.

Then, November 2d, news came Sir Colin Campbell's relieving force would soon be on its way from Cawnpore.
On the 12th the boom of his guns was heard.
On the 13th the sounds came nearer--he was slowly, but steadily, cutting his way through, storming one stronghold after another.
On the 14th he captured the Martiniere College, and ran up the British flag there.

It was seen from the Residency.
Next he took the Dilkoosha.
On the 17th he took the former mess-house of the 32d regiment--a fortified building, and very strong.

"A most exciting, anxious day," writes Lady Inglis in her diary.

"About 4 P.M., two strange officers walked through our yard, leading their horses"-- and by that sign she knew that communication was established between the forces, that the relief was real, this time, and that the long siege of Lucknow was ended.
The last eight or ten miles of Sir Colin Campbell's march was through seas of blood.