When the uprising began in India, the British military forces were badly outnumbered. They often found themselves besieged or surrounded, and pickets, such as those depicted here, were often watching for attacks by Indian forces.
An Outlying Picket Post
The British were greatly outnumbered during the 1857 uprising in India.
British pickets manning a lookout post during the Indian uprising of 1857
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