Appendix Xvii.

(Referred to in Chapter LXVIII, Footnote 12.)

To His EXCELLENCY GENERAL THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FREDERICK SLEIGH, BARON ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR AND WATERFORD, BART., V.C., G.C.B., G.C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D., R.A., Commander-in-Chief in India.

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

Viewing with concern and regret your approaching departure from India, we beg--in bidding you farewell--to express our admiration of your life and work as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Forces in India, and to request you to permit your portrait to be placed in the Town Hall of Calcutta, in token for the present generation of their high appreciation of your eminent services, and in witness to a future generation of the esteem in which you were held by your contemporaries.

With foresight denoting wise statesmanship, Governments which you have served have initiated and maintained a policy of Frontier Defence, and encouraged the increased efficiency of the Forces.

In the furtherance of these objects we recognize the salient points of your career and character whilst holding the high rank of Commander-in-Chief.

In your continued efforts to ameliorate the condition of the private soldier we recognize broad humanity. In the increasing efficiency of the Army, which, in our belief, characterizes your tenure of command, we recognize high soldierly qualities. In the state of strength which the Frontier Defences have attained, mainly due, we believe, to you, we recognize practical sagacity, conspicuous ability in discernment of requirements, and in pursuit of your aims an unwearying industry, a resolute persistence, and a determination that no difficulty can turn, in which a noble example for all true workers may be found.

In a word, your life and work are to us identified with Frontier Defence and Efficient Forces. We cheerfully bear our share of the cost, as in possession of these protections against aggression from without, we believe all who dwell within the borders of the land will find their best guarantee for peace, and in peace the best safeguard they and their children can possess to enable them to pass their lives in happiness and prosperity, and escape the misery and ruin which follow war and invasion. For all that you have done to give them such security, we feel you deserve, and we freely give, our heartfelt thanks.

Within the limitations of a farewell address, we hardly feel justified in personal allusions trenching on your private life, but we cannot refrain from noticing with responsive sympathy the feeling of personal attachment to yourself which is widespread throughout India, and assuring you that we share in it to the fullest extent that private feeling can be affected by public services. We endorse our assurance with an expression of the wish that, in whatever part of the British Empire your future life may be spent, it may be attended, as in the past, with honour, and, by the blessing of God, with health and happiness for yourself and all those you hold dear.

It is the prerogative of the Crown alone to bestow honours on those who have served their country well, and none have been better merited than those which you enjoy, and to which, we trust, additions may be made. It is the privilege of a community to make public profession of merit in a fellow-citizen where they consider it is due, and in availing ourselves of the privilege to make this public recognition of the great services which, in our opinion, you have rendered to India, we beg with all sincerity to add a hearty God-speed and a regretful Farewell.

We have the honour to be, Your Excellency, Your obedient servants.

CALCUTTA, 11th March, 1893.

INDEX

PERSONS.

Abbott, General Sir James, K.C.B. Abdulla Jan Abdur Rahman Adams, Rev. W. J. Adye, General Sir John Afzal Khan Ahmed Shah Durani Aitken, Major Akbar, The Emperor Akram Khan Albert Victor, H.R.H. Prince Ali Ali Khan Alison, Sir Archibald Alla Sing, Jemadar Allen, Surgeon-General Allgood, Captain Amar Sing, Raja Anderson, Captain Anderson, Major Anson, Major Augustus Anson, General the Hon. G. Aslam Khan, Lieutenant-Colonel, C.I.E. Asmatulla Khan Ata Mahomed Khan, Nawab Auckland, Lord Ayub Khan Azim Khan Azimulla Khan Aziz Khan, Subadar Major

Baber, The Emperor Badcock, Major Badshah Khan Bahadur Shah Baigrie, Colonel Baird, Sir David Baird-Smith, Colonel Baker, Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Baker, Colonel Valentine Bakram Khan Bannatyne, Captain Barnard, Major-General Sir Henry Barnston, Major Roger Barr, Captain Barter, Major Richard Mrs. Battye, Captain Wigram Colonel Arthur Frederick, Captain Quintin, Lieutenant Beaconsfield, The Earl of Beadon, Sir Cecil Becher, Captain Major-General Arthur Major Sullivan Bellew, Dr. Benares, Maharaja of Bentinck, Lord William Bernard, Sir Charles Bertrand, Father Bhartpur, Raja of Bhopal, Begum of Biddulph, Brigadier-General M. Biddulph, Colonel Birbul Birsing, Sepoy Blackwood, Major Blanc, Dr. Blunt, Colonel Bogle, Captain Booth, Lieutenant Bourchier, General Sir George, K.C.B. Bowring, Mr. Lewin Brabazon, Lieutenant Brackenbury, General Bradshaw, Dr. Brasyer, Colonel Bridge, Captain Bright, John, The Right Hon. General Sir Robert, G.C.B. Brind, Brigadier Frederick General Sir James, G.C.B. Broadfoot, Captain Brooke, Brigadier-General Brown, Major-General Rodney Major Tod Browne, Dr. John Campbell Sir James General Sir Samuel, V.C., G.C.B., K.C.S.I. Brownlow, Colonel F. Brownlow, General Sir Charles, G.C.B. Bruce, Major-General H. Legeyt, C.B. Brunow, Baron Budgen, Lieutenant Bukhtiar Khan, 377 Bulkeley, Major Bunny, Lieutenant Arthur Burgess, Corporal Burn-Murdoch, Lieutenant Burnes, Sir Alexander Burroughs, Captain Burrows, Brigadier Bushman, Colonel Butler, Colonel Thomas. V.C. Butson, Captain

Cambridge, H.R.H. the Duke of Cameron, Captain Lance-Sergeant Campbell, Colonel (Bays) Campbell, Colonel Campbell, Lady Major Sir Colin. See Clyde Sir Edward Sir George Canning, Lady Canning, Viscount, Governor-General and Viceroy, succeeds Lord Dalhousie; condemns action of Meerut authorities; praises General Wilson and the Army of Delhi; advised by Sir Henry Lawrence; not in accord with Sir Colin Campbell; insists on employment of Nepalese troops; proposals regarding native recruits; Viceregal progress; passes the income tax against much opposition; marches through Central India; durbar at Jubbulpore; durbar at Lucknow; durbar at Allahabad; third durbar at Lucknow; loses his wife; leaves India; unjustly criticized; his character Carey Carmichael Carr, Captain Case Mrs. Cavagnari, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Louis, K.C.B. Cavagnari, Lady Cesarewitch, H.I.H. the Chalmers, Major Henry Chamberlain, General Crawford, C.S.I. Chamberlain, General Sir Neville Chamberlain, Colonel Neville Chamberlain, Mrs. Chandra Shamsher Channer, Major-General, V.C., C.B. Chapman, Lieutenant-Colonel Chelmsford, General Lord, G.C.B. Chesney, Sir George Chester, Colonel Childers, The Right Hon. Hugh Chisholme, Captain Christie, Mr. Churchill, Lord Randolph Clarendon, The Earl of Clarke, Lieutenant-Colonel Cleland, Lieutenant-Colonel Clerk, Sir George Clive, Lord Clyde, Lord (Sir Colin Campbell) lays out cantonment of Peshawar; substituted helmets for cocked hats; orders to his men at the Alma; appointed Commander-in-Chief in India; starts for relief of Lucknow; takes command of relieving force; plans and preparations for the relief; his personal attention to details; fixes his Head-Quarters in the Martiniere; makes a feint; orders more ammunition; wounded; selects point for breach; orders assault of Sikandarbagh; leads the 93rd to the attack his aide-de-camp wounded; quartered in the Shah Najaf; his prudence; orders second assault; orders colours to be planted on mess-house; meeting with Havelock and Outram; his soldierly instincts; evacuation of the Residency; thanks the troops for their services; march to Cawnpore, 200-203; defeats Nana Sahib and Tantia Topi at Cawnpore; high opinion of Hope Grant; favoured Highlanders unduly; action at Khudaganj; invidious selection of commanders; prepares for siege of Lucknow; adopts Napier's plan of attack; interview with Jung Bahadur; makes an error of judgment; his good use of artillery; kindness of heart; accompanies Lord Canning to Peshawar; succeeded by Sir Hugh Rose Cobbe, Brigadier Cochin, Raja of Coke, General Sir John, G.C.B. Collen, Major-General Sir Edwin, K.C.I.E. Collett, Colonel Colley, Major-General Sir George, K.C.B. Collis, Major Colquhoun, Captain Colvin, Mr. Combe, Major-General, C.B. Congreve, Colonel Connaught, H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught, H.R.H. the Duke of Conolly, Captain Cook, Major Cooper, Lieutenant Sir George Coote, Sir Eyre Corbett, Brigadier Cosserat, Captain Cotton, Captain General Sir Sydney, G.C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Courtney, Mr. Cowie, Rev. W. G. Cracklow, Lieutenant Cranbrook, Earl of Craster, Major Cross, The Viscount Crosse, Captain Crutchley, Captain Cunnyngham, Lieutenant Dick Currie, Colonel

D'Aguilar, Major Dalhousie, The Marquess of (Governor-General of India), his epitaph on Colonel Mackeson; his Afghan policy; treaty with Dost Mahomed; resigns Dal Sing, Jemadar Daly, General Sir Henry, G.C.B. Daubeny, Brigadier-General Daud Shah Davidson, Colonel Davison, Lieutenant Dawes, Major Deb Shamsher Jung Delafosse, Lieutenant Delhi, King of Denison, Sir William Denniss, Colonel Dholpur, Raja of Dinkar Rao, 154 Dir Sing, Naick Disney, Lieutenant Dost Mahomed Khan Douglas, Brigadier Lieutenant C. Drew, Colonel Barry Drummond, Colour-Sergeant Mr. Drysdale, General Sir William, K.C.B. Dufferin, The Marchioness of Dufferin, The Marquess of Duke, Dr. Joshua Dunbar, Captain Dundas, Captain, V.C., Dundu Pant. See Nana Sahib Dupuis, Major-General Durand, Sir Henry Marion, K.C.S.I., C.B. Sir Mortimer, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.

Earle, Captain Eden, Major Sir Ashley Edgar, Sir John, K.C.S.I. Edwardes, Sir Herbert, Commissioner of Peshawar; his remarkable character; advocates friendly relations with Kabul; strongly supported by Lord Dalhousie; his magnanimity; Lawrence's counsellor; John Nicholson's dearest friend; Egerton, Lieutenant Elgin, The Earl of, Viceroy of India Eli Bux Eliot, Captain Ellenborough, Lord Elles, Lieutenant-Colonel E. Lieutenant-General Sir W. K., K.C.B. Elphinstone, General Lord Mountstuart Elverson, Lieutenant English, Colonel Ewart, General Sir John, K.C.B.

Faiz Mahomed Khan Farakabad, Nawab of Farwell, Major Finnis, Colonel Fisher, Colonel Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Lieutenant Mordaunt Lieutenant C. Major Fitz-Hugh, Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes, Lieutenant Ford, Mr. Forrest, Mr. George Forsyth, Sir Douglas, C.B., K.C.S.I. Franks, Major-General Fraser, Colonel Fraser-Tytler, Colonel French, Captain Frere, Sir Bartle, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I. Frome, Captain Futteh Khan Fuzl Ali Fyzabad, Moulvie of

Gaisford, Lieutenant Galbraith, Major Ganda Sing, Captain Bakshi Garvock, General Sir John, G.C.B. Gawler, Colonel Mrs. Ghazi-ud-din Haidar Ghulam Haidar Khan, Sardar Ghulam Hussein Khan, Nawab Sir, K.C.S.I. Ghulam Hyder Gibbon, Major Gladstone, The Right Hon. W.E. Goad, Captain Gokal Sing, Jemadar Goldsmid, General Sir Frederick, K.C.M.G. Gomm, Sir William Gopal Borah, Havildar Gordon, Captain Captain Colonel B. General John Brigadier-General T. Lance-Corporal Lieutenant-Colonel Gortchakoff, Prince Gough, Brigadier-General Charles Gough, Captain Bloomfield Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh, V.C., G.C.B. Lord Sir John Grant, Lieutenant General Sir Hope, G.C.B. Field-Marshal Sir Patrick, G.C.B., G.C.S.I. Grant-Duff, Lady Sir Mount Stewart, G.C.S.I. Grantham, Captain Frank Graves, Brigadier Greathed, Brigadier-General Greathed, Lieutenant Greaves, General Sir George, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Green, Major Major-General Sir George, K.C.B. Greensill, Captain Greer, Sergeant Greig, Lieutenant Grey, Sir George Private Grieve, Private Griffin, Sir Lepel Griffiths, Major Guise, Captain Gurbaj Sing, Subadar-Major Gwalior, Maharaja of

Habibulla Khan, Mirza Mustaufi Hagenau, Major von Haines, Sir Frederick Hakim, Sepoy Hale, Brigadier Hall, Captain Hallifax, Brigadier Hammick, Captain St. V. Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hammond, Major Hanbury, Surgeon-General Handscombe, Brigadier Hardinge, Captain George General the Hon. A.E. The Viscount Hardy, Captain Harness, Colonel Harris, Rev. J. Hartington, The Marquis of Hashim Khan Hastings, Major Havelock, General Sir Henry, K.C.B. letter from; fails to force his way to Lucknow; note from, in Greek character; made K.C.B.; meeting with Sir Colin Campbell; his death Hawkes, Lieutenant Hawthorne, Bugler Hay, Lord William. See Tweeddale Major Hayes, Captain Fletcher Mrs. Haythorne, General Sir Edmund, K.C.B. Hearsay, General Heath, Admiral Sir Leopold, K.C.B. Heathcote, Lieutenant A. Major Mark Hennessy, Colonel Hewitt, General Hills-Johnes, Lieutenant-General Sir James, V.C., G.C.B. Hinde, Major Hodson, Major Holkar, Maharaja Home, Lieutenant Hood, General Cockburn Hope, Colonel the Hon. Adrian Hopkins, Captain Hornsby, Captain Hovenden, Lieutenant Hudson, Lieutenant-General Sir John, K.C.B. Huene, Major von Hughes, General Sir W. T., K.C.B. Hughes, Major-General T. E., C.B. Hunt, Captain Hyderabad, Nizam of

Ibrahim Khan Sultan Inderbir Lama, Sepoy Inge, Captain Inglis, Brigadier Inglis, Lady Innes, Lieutenant-General McLeod, V.C. Ivanoff, General

Jacob, Major Jacobs, Colour-Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Coverley Jaipur, Maharaja of James, Captain Major Jaora, Nawab of Jelaladin Ghilzai Jenkins, Colonel F. Jenkins, Mr. William Jervis, Ensign Jhansi, Rani of Jhind, Raja of Jodhpur, Maharaja of Johnson, Colonel Alured Major Charles General Sir Edwin, G.C.B. Johnstone, Brigadier Jones, Captain Oliver Jones, Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel John Brigadier Jumna Das Jung Bahadur Sir Salar

Kapurthala, Raja of Karaoli, Raja Kashmir, Maharaja of Kauffmann, General Kavanagh, Mr. Kaye, Major Kaye, Sir John Keen, Major-General, C.B. Kelly, Dr. Colonel Kelso, Captain Kennedy, Captain 'Dick' Keyes, General Sir Charles, G.C.B. Khan Sing Rosa Khelat, Khan of Kinleside, Major Kiunthal, Raja of Knight, Mr. Knowles, Colonel Knox, Captain Komaroff, General

Lafont, A., Lake, Colonel Edward Lord Lalbura, Chief Lalla Joti Persad Lally, Count de Lang, Colonel Lansdowne, The Marquis of Lansdowne, The Marchioness of Lauder, Colour-Sergeant Law, Captain Lawrence, Lord, Chief Commissioner of the Punjab; made K.C.B.; opposed to Edwardes' frontier policy; meets Dost Mahomed; hopeful of affairs in Punjab; urges advance on Delhi; trusts the Phulkian Rajas; his wise measures for preserving order in the Punjab; gratitude of Army of Delhi to; begs for return of troops to Punjab; favours a retirement cis-Indus; appointed Viceroy; leaves India for good; his unique career; neutrality towards rival Amirs; his policy of 'masterly inaction'; subsidizes Sher Ali; farewell letter to the Amir; Lawrence, Sir Henry, K.C.B. Corps of Guides raised under his auspices; first British ruler of the Punjab; foresight in provisioning the Lucknow Residency; his admirable arrangements for its defence; predicted the Mutiny fourteen years before its occurrence; his character as a Statesman and Ruler; friendliness for Natives; suggests employment of Nepalese troops; opposed to annexation of Oudh; letter to Lord Canning; his dispositions for coping with the Mutiny; memorandum in his ledger-book; Lawrence, Captain Samuel, V.C. Major Stringer Lennox, General Sir Wilbraham, V.C., K.C.B. Liddell, Lieutenant Lindsay, Colonel Little, Brigadier Lockhart, Lieutenant-General Sir William, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. Longden, Captain Longfield, Brigadier Longhurst, Dr. Loughman, Captain Low, Colonel Low, General Low, Major-General Sir Robert, G.C.B. Lowther, Commissioner Luck, General Lugard, General the Right Hon. Sir Edward, G.C.B. Luke, Mr. Lumsden, Captain General Sir Harry, K.C.S.I., K.C.B. General Sir Peter, G.C.B. Lady Lyall, Sir Alfred, G.C.I.E., K.C.B. Lyons-Montgomery, Lieutenant Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, The Countess of

Macdonald, Colour-Sergeant Macdonnell, Captain Macdonnell, Major-General MacGregor, Captain C.R MacGregor, Sir Charles, K.C.B. Mackay, Sir James, K.C.I.E. Mackenzie, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Mackeson, Colonel Mackinnon, Major Maclaine, Lieutenant MacMahon, Private Macnabb, Sir Donald, K.C.S.I. Macpherson, Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert, V.C., K.C.B. Macqueen, Colonel Madhoo, Havildar Mahomed, The Prophet Hussein Khan, Mirza Nabbi, Mirza Hyat Khan Jan Mahomed, Sadik Khan Usman Khan Mainpuri, Raja of Maisey, Lieutenant Malcolm, Sir John Mangal Pandy Manipur, Raja of Manners-Smith, Lieutenant Mansfield, Sir William. See Sandhurst Martin, Claude Captain Gerald Lieutenant Martindale, Miss Massy, Brigadier-General Matthew, Bishop Mrs. Maxwell, Major Henry Hamilton Mayne, Lieutenant Otway Mayo, Lord Mazr Ali, Jemadar McGillivray, Corporal McQueen, Sir John Medley, Lieutenant Mehtab Sing, General Menzies, Lieutenant Merewether, Colonel Metcalfe, Sir Charles Sir Theophilus Middleton, Major Mir Bacha Mubarak Shah Jaffir Moir, Captain Money, Colonel G. N. Monro, Lieutenant Montanaro, Lieutenant Montgomery, Sir Robert, G.C.B. Moore, Major Henry Rev. Thomas Mrs. Moresby, Captain Morgan, Captain Moriarty, Major Morton, Captain G. de C. Mowatt, Colonel Mukarrab Khan, Sepoy Munro, Sir Thomas Murphy, Private Murray, Lieutenant Musa Khan Mushk-i-Alam Mysore, Maharaja of

Nabha, Raja of Nadir Shah Nairne, Major-General Nana Sahib Napier, Ensign Napier (of Magd[=a]la), Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., K.C.S.I. Napier, Lord (of Murchiston) Sir Charles Nek Mahomed Khan Nepal, Maharaja of Nepal, Maharani of Neville, Captain Philip Nicholson, Lieutenant Charles Colonel W.G. Brigadier-General John, C.B. a name to conjure with in the Punjab; the beau-ideal of a soldier and a gentleman; takes command of Movable Column; punishment of Mehtab Sing; his soldierly instincts; defeats the rebels at Najafgarh; his masterful spirit; the man to do a desperate deed; the first to ascend the breach; mortally wounded; the author's last sight of him; his anger at the suggestion of retreat; his death; his funeral Lieutenant-General Sir Lothian, K.C.B. Nisbet, Colonel Norman, Colonel F. General Sir Henry, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Northbrook, The Earl of Northcote, Lady Sir Stafford Nott, General Nugent, Lieutenant Nur Jehan Nuttall, General

Obed Ulla Khan, Sirdar Ochterlony, Sir David Oldfield, Lieutenant Olpherts, General Sir William, V.C., K.C.B. Omar Pasha Onslow, Captain Oudh, Begum of King of Outram, General Sir James, G.C.B. the Bayard of the East; his military acumen; his courage and chivalry; differs with Sir Colin Campbell; interview with the author; commands an Infantry division at siege of Lucknow; preparation for the siege; maintains his high reputation; captures the Chakar Kothi; accomplished all that was expected of him; overruled by Sir Colin Campbell; completes the occupation of Lucknow; his views on the administration of Oudh; leaves India on account of failing health; Ouvry, Major Owen, Dr. Oxley, Captain

Packe, Lieutenant Palmer, Brigadier-General Major-General Sir Arthur, K.C.B. Parker, Colonel Parry, Major Patiala, Maharaja of Paton, Colonel Paul, Lieutenant Payn, General Sir William, K.C.B. Peacock, Sir Barnes Peel, Sir William Pelly, Sir Lewis Perkins, General Sir AEneas, K.C.B. Persia, Shah of Pertap Sing, Maharaja Pertap Sing, sepoy Peshwa, The Phayre, General Sir Robert, G.C.B. Picot, Lieutenant Pole-Carew, Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B. Pollock, General Sir George Major-General Sir Frederick, K.C.S.I. Polwhele, Brigadier Porter, General Powell, Captain Captain Powlett, Captain Pratt, Major Prendergast, General Sir Harry, V.C., K.C.B. Pretyman, Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B. Prideaux, Lieutenant Primrose, General Probyn, General Sir Dighton, V.C., G.C.V.O., K.C.B. Protheroe, Colonel Prussia, Crown Princess of Pursoo Khatri, Jemadar

Quinton, Mr.

Ragobir Nagarkoti, Subadar Ram Sing, Raja Rampur, Nawab of Rao, Sir Madhava Rassam, Mr. Rawlinson, Sir Henry Reade, Mr. Reed, General Reegan, Private Reid, General Sir Charles, G.C.B. Remmington, Captain Rennick, Captain Rewa, Maharaja of Rich, Captain Ricketts, George, C.B. Ridgeway, Colonel Sir West K.C.B. Rind, Captain Ripon, The Marchioness of Ripon, The Marquis of Roberts, General Sir Abraham Roberts, Hon. Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, Lady (widow of Sir Abraham) Roberts, The Hon. Aileen Mary Roberts, The Hon. Ada Edwina Roberts, Miss Roberts, Lady Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord, V.C., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., leaves England; arrives in India; life in Calcutta; journey to Peshawar; at Peshawar; visits Kashmir; joins Horse Artillery; at Umballa; revisits Kashmir; first visit to Simla; returns to Peshawar; at Mian Mir; first Staff appointment; studies native languages; passes examination; rides a hundred miles in one day; tour with General Reed; witnesses meeting between Dost Mahomed and Sir John Lawrence; second Staff appointment; second tour with General Reed; refuses appointment in P.W.D.; reports on sanatorium of Cherat; first meeting with Nicholson; returns to Peshawar; hears first tidings of Mutiny; at a Council of War; Staff Officer to Brigadier Chamberlain; at the mercy of a sentry; starts for Rawal Pindi; with Sir John Lawrence at Rawal Pindi; joins Movable Column at Wazirabad; en route to Delhi; at Lahore; arrives at Delhi; before Delhi; appointed D.A.Q.M.G. with Artillery; first under fire; fidelity of his servants; wounded; intimacy with Nicholson; knocked over by a round shot; last sight of Nicholson; charger killed; takes part in storming of the palace; leaves Delhi with Greathed's column for Cawnpore; in action at Bulandshahr; narrow escape; in fight at Aligarh; in fight at Agra; first sight of Taj Mahal; leaves Agra; arrives at Cawnpore; meets Sir Colin Campbell; marches to Lucknow; meets with a night adventure; in the storming of the Sikandarbagh; in the attack on the Shah Najaf; plants the colours on the mess-house; accompanies Outram and Havelock to the Residency; meets the 'hero of the Redan'; in fight at Cawnpore; in fight at Khudaganj; wins the V.C.; at the siege of Lucknow; with Outram at capture of the Chakar Kothi; meets Jung Bahadur; complimented by the Commander-in-Chief; his views on the Mutiny; on our present position in India; takes furlough; marries; receives the V.C. from the hands of the Queen; returns to India; refuses post in Revenue Survey; accompanies Lord Canning on his Viceregal progress; loses chance of service in China; visits Simla; accompanies Lord Canning through Central India; returns to Simla; ordered to Allahabad; accompanies Commander-in-Chief on tour; returns to Simla; again on tour with Commander-in-Chief; has a sunstroke; made A.Q.M.G.; serves with Umbeyla expedition; too junior to be a Lieutenant-Colonel; voyage round the Cape; at home again; returns to India; serves with Abyssinian Expedition; bearer of the Abyssinian despatches; first A.Q.M.G.; returns to India; birth of daughter; serves with Lushai Expedition; receives the C.B.; officiating Q.M.G.; with the Prince of Wales at Delhi; first meeting with Lord Lytton; takes part in the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi; accepts command of Punjab Frontier Force; assumes command of Kuram Field Force; shortcomings of his column; his able staff; advances into the Kuram valley; takes the Peiwar Kotal; devotion of his orderlies; congratulated by the Queen; hampered by want of transport; punishment of treachery; action at Khost; misrepresented in the House of Commons; dismisses a war correspondent; holds a Queen's birthday parade; farewell to Cavagnari; serves on the Army Commission; his recommendations gradually carried out; appointed Commander of Kabul Field Force; starts for Kabul; correspondence with Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation to the people of Kabul; meeting with Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation and an order; takes the Shutargardan; defeats the Afghans at Charasia; advances on Kabul; instructions from the Government of India; inspects the Embassy and the Bala Hissar; receives abdication of Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation; makes a formal entry into Kabul; adopts measures for carrying on administration; misrepresented in House of Commons; congratulated by the Queen and the Viceroy; wintering at Kabul; attacked by the tribesmen on all sides; life saved by Mazr Ali; storming of the Takht-i-Shah; further attacks; concentrates his forces at Sherpur; strengthens his defences; arrests Daud Shah; defeats and disperses the tribesmen; reopens communication with India; issues a Proclamation; fortifies Sherpur; negotiations at Kabul; holds a durbar; hands over supreme command to Sir Donald Stewart; visits Jalalabad; hears news of Maiwand; telegram to Adjutant-General; appointed Commander of Kabul-Kandahar Field Force; preparations for the march; details of the Force; commissariat and transport; starts for Kandahar; order of marching; reaches Ghazni; reaches Kelat-i-Ghilzai; telegraphs progress to Government; food required daily for the force; down with fever; reports progress; letter from General Phayre; telegraphs to Simla; reaches Kandahar; demoralized condition of the garrison; encamps to the west of the city; reconnoitres the enemy's position; assumes command of the Army of Southern Afghanistan; defeats Ayub Khan; and captures his camp; telegraphs the news; difficulties about supplies; congratulated by the Queen and the Duke of Cambridge; made G.C.B.; appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army; proceeds to Quetta; parting with the troops; pleasant memories; receives autograph letter from the Queen; reception in England; appointed Governor of Natal and Commander of the Forces in South Africa; witnesses the manoeuvres of the German Army; offered the Quartermaster-Generalship; proceeds to Madras; visits the Andaman Islands; proceeds to Burma; declines the Quartermaster-Generalship; measures for improving the Madras Army; memories of Madras; visits Calcutta; meeting with Abdur Rahman at Rawal Pindi; returns to Madras; appointed Commander-in-Chief in India; brief visit to England; accompanies Lord Dufferin to Gwalior; proceeds to Delhi; Camp of Exercise at Delhi; accompanies Lord Dufferin to Burma; proceeds to the North-West Frontier; makes a tour of inspection; draws up a memorandum on frontier defence; Lady Roberts's Homes; sends reinforcements to Burma; lands at Rangoon; measures for pacification of Upper Burma; inspects North-West Frontier with General Chesney; receives Grand Cross of the Indian Empire; establishes 'Regimental Institutes'; establishes the Army Temperance Association; makes a tour with Lord Dufferin along the North-West Frontier; official inspections; presides over Defence and Mobilization Committees; supports Lord Dufferin's scheme for the utilization of Native States' armies; visits the frontier; spends Christmas in camp; visits Calcutta; makes a tour of inspection in Central India and Rajputana; and in Kashmir; remodels the system of musketry instruction for the Native Army; improvements in Artillery and Cavalry; visits the frontier with Lord Lansdowne; offered the post of Adjutant-General; meets Prince Albert Victor in Calcutta; entertains the Prince at Muridki; extension of command; meets the Cesarewitch in Calcutta; views on the Native Army; steps taken to increase its efficiency; concession to the Native Army; unable to remedy the under-officering of Native regiments; inspects the Zhob valley with General Brackenbury; raised to the peerage; visits Burma; visits Nepal; review of the Maharaja's troops; a grand durbar; an evening reception at the palace; a short tour in the Punjab; proposed Mission to the Amir; the Mission abandoned; adieu to Simla; final tour in the Punjab; farewell entertainments at Lahore; at Lucknow; and at Calcutta; pig-sticking at Jaipur and Jodhpur; address from the municipality of Ahmedabad; parting dinner at the Byculla Club; the end of forty-one years in India; letter to Yakub Khan; interview with Yakub Khan's agents; official report on interview with Yakub Khan; extract from Report on Commissariat; instructions to officers commanding Column in Burma; farewell address from Sikhs of the Punjab; from Hindus of the Punjab; from Mahomedans of the Punjab; from the European community of the Punjab; from the Talukdars of Oudh; from the citizens of Calcutta Robertson, Lieutenant Robinson, Lieutenant Romanofski, General Rose, Sir Hugh. See Strathnairn Ross, General Sir John, G.C.B. Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. Tyrrell Mrs. Tyrrell Rothney, Captain Runjit Sing Russell, Brigadier D. Russell, General Sir Edward Lechmere, K.C.S.I. Russell, Lieutenant Russia, Czar of Ruttun Sing, Subadar

St. John, Sir Oliver Saiyad Nur Mahomed Sale, Sir Robert Salisbury, The Marquis of Salkeld, Lieutenant Salmon, Sir Nowell Salmond, Lieutenant Samandar Khan Sandeman, Colonel Sir Robert Sandford, Major Sandhurst, General Lord, G.C.B., G.C.S.I. (Sir William Mansfield) Sandhurst, Lady Sankar Dass, Native Doctor Sarel, Captain Schouvaloff, Count Scott, Captain A. Major Seaton, Brigadier Shafto, Captain Shah Jehan Shah Mahomed Khan Shah Shuja Shaidad Khan, Resaidar Sher Ali, Amir Sher Ali, Sirdar Sherindil Khan, Sirdar Sher Mahomed, Jemadar Sherries, Lieutenant Sherston, Lieutenant John Shore, Sir John. See Teignmouth Showers, Brigadier Sikim, Raja of Sindhia, Maharaja Sirdar Sing Skinner, James Skobeleff, General Sladen, Mrs. Slater, Major Sleeman, Colonel Smith, Captain Major Euan Major Percy Smyth, Colonel Smyth-Windham, Major Somerset, Sir Henry Spens, Captain Spottiswoode, Colonel Spratt, Lieutenant Stanhope, The Hon. E. Stanley, Lord Staveley, Lady Sir Charles Sterling, Colonel Stewart, John Patrick Field-Marshal Sir Donald Martin, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., C.I.E. Lieutenant Donald Lady Sir Herbert Stewart-Mackenzie, Captain Stillman, Lieutenant Stolietoff, General Strathnairn, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., G.C.S.I. (Sir Hugh Rose) Stratton, Captain Sullivan, Gunner Sultan Jan, Shahzada Swat, Akhund of Swinley, Captain Syad Ahmed Shah Symons, Major Synge, Captain

Taj Sing, Sepoy Tamerlane Tanner, Lieutenant-General Sir Oriel, K.C.B. Tantia Topi Taylor, Corporal Colonel Reynell General Sir Alexander, G.C.B. Teignmouth, Lord Temple, Sir Richard Thebaw, King Thelwall, Brigadier Theodore, King Thesiger, General. See Chelmsford Thomson, Lieutenant Lieutenant Thornhill, M. Thornton, Thomas, C.S.I. Tikaram Kwas, Sepoy Tombs, Major-General Sir Harry, V.C., K.C.B. Tonk, Nawab of Townsend, Dr. Travancore, Maharaja of Travers, Lieutenant Eaton Trevelyan, Sir Charles Trower, Lieutenant Tryon, Admiral Sir George, K.C.B. Turner, Colonel F. Brigadier-General Sir W.W., K.C.B. Tweeddale, William Hay, Marquess of Tyndall, Colonel Tytler, Captain Mrs.

Udaipur, Maharana of Ulwar, Maharaja of Unjur Tiwari

Vandeleur, Major Vaughan, Lieutenant General Sir T. L., K.C.B. Victoria, H.M. Queen Villiers, Colonel Vitkievitch, Captain Vizianagram, Maharaja of Vonolel, Chief Vousden, Captain Vozgonoff, General

Wakhan, Mir of Wale, Captain Wales, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, H.R.H. the Princess of Walidad Khan Wali Mahomed Khan Walker, General James, C.B. Waller, Major Robert Walpole, Brigadier Walton, Captain Warburton, Colonel Waterfield, Colonel Garrow Waterford, The Marchioness of The Marquess of Watson, General Sir John, V.C., K.C.B. Welchman, Colonel Wellesley, The Marquess Wellington, Duke of Wheeler, Sir Hugh Talboys White, Sir George Wilde, Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. William I., The Emperor Williams, Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby, Lieutenant Wilson, Sir Archdale Wilson, Colonel James Lieutenant Winchester, Mary Windham, Sir Charles Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, K.P. Commander-in-Chief Woodthorpe, Captain Wright, Major Wylie, Colonel Mrs. Wynne, Captain Wynter, Captain

Yahia Khan Yakub Khan Yanoff, Colonel Yorke, Lieutenant Younghusband, Captain F. Lieutenant George Major Yule, Colour-Sergeant Yuralski, Doctor

Zakariah Khan

INDEX

CHIEF PUBLIC EVENTS.

Abdul Rahman proclaimed Amir Abolition of offices of Commanders-in-Chief, Bombay and Madras Abyssinian Expedition Afghan War, first Agra, Fight at Ahmedkhel, Battle of Aligarh, Fight at Alipur, Attack on Army Commission Temperance Association, Establishment of Assassination of Colonel Mackeson of Lord Mayo Assaye, Battle of

Barrackpore, Outbreak at Berhampur, Outbreak at Berlin Treaty Black Mountain Expeditions Bulandshahr, Action at Burma Expedition

Cawnpore, Fight at Massacre at Cesarewitch visits India Charasia, Fights at Chardeh Valley, Fight in the Chitral Expedition

Delhi, Camp of Exercise at Siege of; the first victory; enthusiasm of the troops; Barnard's success; the Flagstaff Tower; attacking force placed in position; the weak point of our defence; defences; death of Quintin Battye; the besiegers besieged; hard fighting; arrival of reinforcements; death of Barnard; Reed takes command; treachery in camp; more hard fighting; sufferings of sick and wounded; Wilson takes command; Nicholson and the Movable Column arrive; Baird-Smith plans attack; breaching batteries at work; the assault; Nicholson wounded; storming of the palace; Hodson captures the King; Hodson shoots the Princes; Nicholson dies; the siege ended Dost Mahomed, Treaty with Death of

European Forces, Amalgamation of the

Ferozepore, Outbreak at

Gandamak, Treaty of Gatling Guns, First use of Gwalior fortress, Rendition of

Homes in the Hills, Establishment of Hunza-Naga Campaign Hurdwar Fair, closing of

Imperial assemblage of 1877

Jowaki Expedition

Kabul, Cavagnari's Mission to Expedition Massacre of Embassy at Repulse of British Mission to Russian Mission to Kandahar, Defeat of Ayub Khan at March to Khost, Action at Khudaganj, Fight at Kohat, Expedition near Kuram Expedition

Lucknow, Relief of; Sir Colin's preparations; the advance begun; reinforcements arrive; attack by the enemy; ammunition wanting; the advance; Sir Colin wounded; attack on the Sikandarbagh; the Shah Najaf; the relief effected; meeting of the Generals; the evacuation Siege of; Napier's plan adopted; capture of the Chakar Kothi; capture of the iron bridge; visit from Jung Bahadur; Hodson mortally wounded; Sir Colin's mistake; the city taken Lushai Expedition

Maiwand, Disaster at Majuba Hill, Disaster at Mandalay, Capture of Manipur Expedition Meerut, Mutiny at Merv, Russian Occupation of Mianganj, Taking of Mian Mir, Disarmament at Multan, Disarmament at Mutiny, The, of 1857-1858; Causes of; Chances of its recurrence; First tidings of; New light on; Predicted by Sir Henry Lawrence; and by Sir John Malcolm

Oudh, Annexation of

Panipat, Three Battles of Panjdeh, Incident at Peiwar Kotal, Taking of Persia, War with Plassy, Battle of Centenary of Prince Albert Victor visits India Prince of Wales visits India

Regimental Institutes, Establishment of Royal Proclamation of 1859

Sheorajpur, Fight at Sher Ali, Death of Russian Treaty with Shutargardan, Attack on the Sikandarbagh, Attack on the Sikim Expedition Staff-Corps, Introduction of the

Takht-i-Shah, Taking of the

Umbeyla Expedition Upper Burma, Annexation of

Zhob Expedition

THE END.