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--General
Windham--The passage of the Ganges
CHAPTER XXVII.
The fight at Cawnpore--Unexpected visitors --A long chase--Unjur

Tiwari--Bithur --Windham at Cawnpore
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Fight at Khudaganj--A mêlée--Oudh or Rohilkand?
CHAPTER XXIX.
Mianganj--Curious effect of a mirage --The Dilkusha
revisited--Passage of the Gumti --Capture of the Chakar Kothi
--Capture of the iron bridge--Hodson mortally wounded --Outram's
soldierly instinct--A lost opportunity --Sam Browne--Start for England
--Death of Sir William Peel
CHAPTER XXX.
What brought about the Mutiny? --Religious fears of the people--The
land question --The annexation of Oudh --Fulfilment of Malcolm's
prophecy --The Delhi royal family--The Nana Sahib --The Native
army--Greased cartridges --Limited number of British troops
--Objection to foreign service --Excessive age of the British officers
CHAPTER XXXI.
Discontent of the Natives--Successful administrators --Paternal
despotism--Money-lenders and the Press --Faddists--Cardinal points
CHAPTER XXXII.
Home again--Back in India--Allahabad and Cawnpore --The Viceroy's
camp--State entry into 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