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Lucknow --The Talukdars of Oudh--Loyalty of the Talukdars --Cawnpore and Fatehgarh--The Agra Durbar
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Delhi under a different aspect--Lord Clyde --Umritsar and Lahore--The Lahore Durbar --Simla--Life at Simla
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Staff Corps--With the Viceroy's camp again --The marble rocks--Lady Canning's death --Pig-sticking at Jamu--Lord Canning --Another cold-weather march--Gwalior and Jhansi --Departmental promotion
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Umbeyla expedition--The Akhund of Swat --The 'Eagle's Nest' and 'Crag piquet' --The death of Lord Elgin --Loyalty of our Pathan soldiers --Bunerwals show signs of submission --The conical hill--Umbeyla in flames --Bunerwals agree to our terms--Malka destroyed
CHAPTER XXXVI.
A voyage round the Cape--Cholera camps --The Abyssinian expedition--Landed at Zula
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Sir Robert Napier to command--Defective transport --King Theodore commits suicide--First A.Q.M.G.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Afzal Khan ousts Sher Ali --Sher Ali regains the Amirship --Foresight of Sir Henry Rawlinson --The Umballa Durbar
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Lushais--The Lushai expedition --Defective transport again --Practice versus theory--A severe march --Lushais foiled by Gurkhas --A successful turning movement--Murder of Lord Mayo
CHAPTER XL.
Lord Napier's care for the soldier --Negotiations with Sher Ali renewed --Sher Ali's demands
CHAPTER XLI.
A trip in the Himalayas--The famine in Behar --The Prince of Wales in India --Farewell to Lord Napier
CHAPTER XLII.
Lord Lytton becomes Viceroy --Difficulties with Sher Ali --Imperial assemblage at Delhi --Reception of the Ruling Chiefs --Queen proclaimed Empress of India --Political importance of the assemblage --Sher Ali proclaims a 'Jahad' --A journey under difficulties
CHAPTER XLIII.
Object of the first Afghan war --Excitement caused by Russia's advances
CHAPTER XLIV.
Effect of the Berlin Treaty at Kabul --Sher Ali decides against England --A meeting of portentous moment --Preparations for war--Letter from Sher Ali
CHAPTER XLV.
Shortcomings of my column --Attitude of the Border tribes
CHAPTER XLVI.
The Kuram valley--Conflicting news of the enemy --An apparently impregnable position --Spingawi route decided on--Disposition of the force --A night attack--Advantages of a night attack --Devotion of my orderlies --Threatening the enemy's rear--The Peiwar Kotal
CHAPTER XLVII.
Alikhel--Treachery of the tribesmen --Transport difficulties --Sher Ali looks to Russia for aid --Khost--An attack on our camp --An unsuccessful experiment --An unpleasant incident--Punjab Chiefs' Contingent
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Sher Ali's death--Premature negotiations --The treaty of Gandamak --Making friends with the tribesmen --Gloomy forebodings--Good-bye to Cavagnari
CHAPTER XLIX.
Massacre of the Embassy--The Kabul Field Force --Lord Lytton's foresightedness--Start for Kabul --Letter to the Amir --Proclamation to the people of Kabul --Yakub Khan's agents --Reasons for remaining at Alikhel
CHAPTER L.
Hector Macdonald and Sher Mahomed--Yakub Khan --A Proclamation and an Order --The maliks of Logar--Attack on the Shutargardan --Reconnoitring roads leading to Kabul
CHAPTER LI.
The Afghan position--The fight at Charasia --Highlanders, Gurkhas, and Punjabis --Defeat of the Afghans--Kabul in sight --Deh-i-Mazang gorge--The enemy give us the slip
CHAPTER LII.
Guiding instructions--Visit to the Bala Hissar --Yakub Khan abdicates--The Proclamation --Administrative measures --Explosions in the Bala Hissar
CHAPTER LIII.
Afghans afraid to befriend us--Kabul Russianized --Yakub Khan's abdication accepted --State treasury taken over
CHAPTER LIV.
The amnesty Proclamation --Strength of the Kabul Field Force --Yakub Khan despatched to India
CHAPTER LV.
Political situation at Kabul --Serious trouble ahead --Macpherson attacks the Kohistanis --Combined movements--The uncertainty of war --The fight in the Chardeh valley--Forced to retire --Padre Adams earns the V.C. --Macpherson's column arrives --The captured guns recovered--Melancholy reflections
CHAPTER LVI.
Attack on the Takht-i-Shah --City people join the tribesmen --Increasing numbers of the enemy --Loss of the conical hill --Captain Vousden's gallantry --The retirement to Sherpur
CHAPTER LVII.
Sherpur--Defence of Sherpur--Arrest of Daud Shah --Rumours of an assault--Attack and counter-attack --Communication with India re-opened --Sherpur made safe
CHAPTER LVIII.
Two important questions--A Ruler required --News of Abdur Rahman Khan --Abdur Rahman in Afghan-Turkestan --Overtures made to Abdur Rahman
CHAPTER LIX.
Jenkins attacked near Charasia --Sir Donald Stewart reaches Kabul --Difficulties with Abdur Rahman --Abdur Rahman proclaimed Amir
CHAPTER LX.
Affairs at Kandahar--The Maiwand disaster --Relief from Kabul suggested --A force ordered from Kabul --Preparations for the march --The Kabul-Kandahar Field Force --Commissariat and Transport
CHAPTER LXI.
The order of marching--Ghazni and Kelat-i-Ghilzai --Food required daily for the force --A letter from General Phayre--Kandahar --Reconnoitring the enemy's position --A turning movement
CHAPTER LXII.
Commencement of the fight --72nd Highlanders and 2nd Sikhs --92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas --Ayub Khan's camp--Difficulties about supplies --Parting with the troops--A pleasing memory
CHAPTER LXIII.
Reception in England--A fruitless journey --Andaman Isles and Burma--The Madras Army --Measures for improving the Madras Army --Memories of Madras--An allegory
CHAPTER LXIV.
Disturbing action of Russia--Abdur Rahman Khan --The Rawal Pindi Durbar --Unmistakable loyalty of the Natives
CHAPTER LXV.
The Burma expedition--The Camp of Exercise at Delhi --Defence of the North-West Frontier --Quetta and Peshawar --Communications versus fortifications --Sir George Chesney
CHAPTER LXVI.
Nursing for the soldier --Pacification of Burma considered --Measures recommended --The Buddhist priesthood --The Regimental Institute --The Army Temperance Association
CHAPTER LXVII.
Defence and Mobilization Committees --The Transport Department --Utilization of Native States' armies --Marquis of Lansdowne becomes Viceroy --Rajputana and Kashmir --Musketry instruction --Artillery and Cavalry training
CHAPTER LXVIII.
Extension of command --Efficiency of the Native Army --Concessions to the Native Army --Officering of the Native Army --The Hunza-Naga campaign --Visit to Nepal--A Nepalese entertainment --Proposed mission to the Amir --A last tour--Farewell entertainments --Last days in India
APPENDIX
INDEX
[Illustration: PEIWAR KOTAL.]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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