Wolseley embarked in the transport "Transit," which was wrecked in the Strait of Banka.
Wolseley distinguished himself at the relief of Lucknow under Sir Colin Campbell in November, and in the defence of the Alambagh position under Outram, taking part in the actions of December 22, 1857, of January 12 and 16, and the repulse of the grand attack of February 21.
Wolseley continued to serve on Sir Hope Grant's staff in Oudh, and when Grant was nominated to the command of the British troops in the Anglo-French expedition to China in 1860, accomÂpanied him as deputy-assistant quartermaster-general.
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