Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief |
Contents
A trip to KhaganThe Vale of KashmirWith the Horse Artillery | 27 |
Lord Dalhousies Afghan policyTreaty with Dost MahomedWar | 33 |
First symptoms of disaffectionOutbreak at BerhampurMangal Pandy | 40 |
CHAPTER VIII | 50 |
CHAPTER IX | 58 |
CHAPTER XI | 69 |
CHAPTER XII | 78 |
A new appointment 9697 | 96 |
CHAPTER XL | 319 |
CHAPTER XLII | 328 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 338 |
Effect of the Berlin Treaty at KabulSher Ali decides against England | 343 |
CHAPTER XLVI | 351 |
AlikhelTreachery of the tribesmenTransport difficultiesSher | 364 |
CHAPTER XLVIII | 375 |
Massacre of the EmbassyThe Kabul Field ForceLord Lyttons | 383 |
Archdale Wilson assumes commandEnemy baffled in the Sabzi Mandi | 115 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 125 |
CHAPTER XIX | 133 |
Infatuation of the authorities at AgraA series of MishapsResult | 157 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 183 |
Sir Colins wise decisionRobert NapierImpressions on visiting | 190 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 198 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 204 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 212 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 216 |
MianganjCurious effect of a mirageThe Dilkusha revisitedPassage | 223 |
CHAPTER XXX | 231 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 245 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 251 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 262 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 280 |
A voyage round the CapeCholera campsThe Abyssinian expedition | 298 |
CHAPTER L | 394 |
Hector Macdonald and Sher MahomedYakub KhanA Proclamation | 401 |
CHAPTER LII | 410 |
CHAPTER LIV | 424 |
CHAPTER LVI | 441 |
CHAPTER LVII | 448 |
CHAPTER LVIII | 460 |
To important questionsA Ruler requiredNews of Abdur Rahman | 456 |
CHAPTER LX | 468 |
CHAPTER LXI | 478 |
CHAPTER LXIII | 495 |
Disturbing action of RussiaAbdur Rahman KhanThe Rawal Pindi | 507 |
CHAPTER LXVI | 514 |
CHAPTER LXVII | 521 |
CHAPTER LXVIII | 529 |
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2nd Punjab Cavalry 4th Punjab 4th Punjab Infantry 9th Lancers Abdur Rahman advance Afghan Afghanistan Agra Alambagh Amir Amir's ammunition amongst army arrived attack Bala Hissar battery Bengal brigade British Government British officers Calcutta camp Captain carried Cawnpore Chamberlain Chief Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief defence Delhi despatched enemy enemy's European fight fire Foot force friends frontier garrison Government of India ground guard guns Gurkhas Highlanders hills Hindu Hindu Rao's house honour Hope Grant Horse Artillery Kabul Kandahar Kashmir killed Kotal Lahore letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Lucknow Mahomed Mahomedan Major-General Meerut ment miles military morning Mutiny Native Infantry Native officers Native troops Nicholson Oudh Outram Peshawar piquets position Punjab Cavalry Punjab Infantry reached rebels received regiment Rifles road Russian sent sepoys Sher Sikhs Simla Sir Colin Sirdars soon squadron staff Stewart told Umballa Viceroy village walls wounded Yakub Khan