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REMINISCENCES
OF THE
GREAT MUTINY
1857-59
INCLUDING THE RELIEF, SIEGE, AND CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW, AND THE CAMPAIGNS IN ROHILCUND AND OUDE
BY
WILLIAM FORBES-MITCHELL
LATE SERGEANT, NINETY-THIRD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1910
First Edition (Extra Crown 8vo) 1893. Reprinted 1894 Reprinted (Crown 8vo) 1895, 1897, 1904 Shilling Edition 1910
To the OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN, STILL LIVING, OF THE OLD NINETY-THIRD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS, AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL DURING THE MUTINY OR HAVE SINCE PASSED AWAY,
These Reminiscences
ARE RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THEIR OLD SERVANT AND COMRADE,
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE NINETY-THIRD—SAIL FOR CHINA—COUNTER-ORDERED TO CALCUTTA—ARRIVAL IN INDIA
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER II
MARCH UP COUNTRY—FUTTEHPORE—CAWNPORE
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III
START FOR LUCKNOW—SIR COLIN—THE DILKOOSHÁ—MARTINIÈRE—SECUNDRABÂGH
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV
THE NINETY-THIRD—ANECDOTES OF THE SECUNDRABÂGH—GENERAL EWART—THE SHÂH NUJEEF
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V
PERSONAL ANECDOTES—CAPTURE OF THE SHÂH NUJEEF—A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI
BREAKFAST UNDER DIFFICULTIES—LONG SHOTS—THE LITTLE DRUMMER—EVACUATION OF THE RESIDENCY BY THE GARRISON
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII
BAGPIPES AT LUCKNOW—A BEWILDERED BÂBOO—THE FORCED MARCH TO CAWNPORE—OPIUM—WYNDHAM'S MISTAKE
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII
ANECDOTES—ACTION WITH THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT—ITS DEFEAT—PURSUIT OF THE NÂN—BITHOOR—JOHN LANG AND JOTEE PERSHÂD
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX
HODSON OF HODSON'S HORSE—ACTION AT THE KÂLEE NUDDEE—FUTTEHGHUR
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X
THE STRANGE STORY OF JAMIE GREEN
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI
THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW—SIR COLIN APPOINTED COLONEL OF THE NINETY-THIRD —ASSAULT ON THE MARTINIÈRE—A "RANK" JOKE.
CHAPTER XII
ASSAULT ON THE BEGUM'S KOTHEE—DEATH OF CAPTAIN M'DONALD—MAJOR HODSON WOUNDED—HIS DEATH
CHAPTER XIII
JUNG BAHÂDOOR—GUNPOWDER—THE MOHURRUM AT LUCKNOW—LOOT
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XIV
AN UNGRATEFUL DUTY—CAPTAIN BURROUGHS—THE DILKOOSHÁ AGAIN—GENERAL WALPOLE AT ROOYAH—THE RÂMGUNGA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV
BATTLE OF BAREILLY—GHÂZIS—A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT—HALT AT BAREILLY—ACTIONS OF POSGAON, RUSSOOLPORE, AND NOWRUNGABAD—REST AT LAST!
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX A
THE HISTORY OF THE MURDER OF MAJOR NEILL AT AUGUR IN 1887
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX B
EUROPEANS AMONG THE REBELS
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX C
A FEW WORDS ON SWORD-BLADES
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX D
THE OPIUM QUESTION
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