CHAPTER I.
FIRST STEPS IN WAR.
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Sir Henry Lawrence's idea—Stocks and
tunics—A new departure—Selection of title—Duties—Harry Lumsden—His
methods of training—Baptism of fire—A gallant exploit—Working for the
Sikhs—Capture of Babuzai—Death of Duffadar Fatteh Khan—The spring of
1848—Guides unravel a plot—General Khan Singh hanged—The Maharani
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CHAPTER II.
THE FIGHTING AROUND MOOLTAN AND AFTER.
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The Insurrection at Mooltan—Murder of Agnew
and Anderson—Herbert Edwardes's great achievement—A guide or two with
nerves of steel—Siege of Mooltan—Guides capture twelve guns—Ressaldar
Fatteh Khan, Khuttuk—His historic charge—With seventy men routs a
brigade—Arrival of Bombay troops—Mooltan stormed and taken—Lumsden
attacks and annihilates Ganda Singh's force—Battle of Gujrat—Pursuit of
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CHAPTER III.
THE CAPTURE OF THE FORT OF GORINDGHAR.
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The fort described—Seventy-two guns and a
battalion of infantry—British determine to capture it—Rasul Khan and
Guides' infantry sent in advance—The strategy of the Subadar—Effects an
entry—A day of anxiety—Plans for the night—The sudden onslaught—Capture
of the fort—The Union Jack—Rasul Khan's reward |
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CHAPTER IV.
ON THE FRONTIER IN THE 'FIFTIES.
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Guides increased—Fatteh Khan, Khuttuk,
again—The night attack—Staunchly repulsed—Thirty against two
hundred—With Sir Colin Campbell—Nawadand—The enemy attack in force—A
cavalry picquet—Lieutenant Hardinge to the front—His splendid charge
with twenty men—Hodson of Hodson's Horse—Attack on Bori—Lieutenant
Turner's predicament—Gallantry of Dr. Lyell—Hodson's charge—Celebrated
spectators |
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CHAPTER V.
THE STORY OF DILĀWUR KHAN.
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Men accustomed to look after
themselves—Shooting for a vacancy in the Guides—No fiddlers and
washermen—Rudyard Kipling's Bhisti—The brave Juma decorated—Enter
Dilāwur Khan—A noted outlaw—Lumsden pursues him—They "talk things
over"—The outlaw enlists—The goose-step—Dilāwur the doctrinarian—The
sinking boat—Nearly killed as a Kafir—Becomes a Christian—His last
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CHAPTER VI.
THE GREAT MARCH TO DELHI.
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The Mutiny of the 55th Native Infantry—Their
tragic fate—The Guides start for Delhi—Daly's diary—A fight by the
way—An average of twenty-seven miles a day—Arrival at Delhi—Every
officer killed or wounded first day—The summer of '57—Return to the
Frontier—A warm welcome—Three hundred and fifty out of six hundred left
behind—Complement of officers four times over killed or wounded
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CHAPTER VII.
TWENTY YEARS OF MINOR WARS.
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With Sir Sidney Cotton against the
Hindustani fanatics—Fierce hand to hand fighting—Dressed to meet their
Lord—Against the Waziris in 1860 under Sir Neville Chamberlain—Fierce
attack on the Guides' camp—Lumsden stands the shock—The charge of the
five hundred—The Guides clear the camp with the bayonet—Heavy
casualties—Lumsden's last fight—A story or two—Lord William
Beresford—The Crag picquet—Colonel Dighton Probyn—A boat expedition—Cavignari's
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CHAPTER VIII.
THE MASSACRE OF THE GUIDES AT KABUL.
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The Cavignari mission—Escort of the
Guides—Cordial reception—The clouds gather—Insubordination of Herati
regiments—The storm bursts—Seventy men against thousands—Defence of the
Residency—The fight begins—Cavignari's bravery and death—Messages to the
Amir—The attempt of Shahzada Taimus—The enemy's guns arrive—The distant
witness—The three officers lead a charge—Kelly's death—Another charge by
Hamilton and Jenkyns—Jenkyns killed—Hamilton's last charge and heroic
death—The last bright flash—Retribution |
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CHAPTER IX.
THE AFGHAN WAR, 1878-80.
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The Guides under Sir Frederick Roberts—Their
devotion to him—Under Sir Sam Browne at Ali-Musjid—Jenkins enlists an
enemy—"No riding school for me"—Battle of Fattehabad—Wigram Battye's
death—Hamilton's fine leading—He wins the V.C.—The Guides' march to
Sherpur—They pass through the investing army—Assaults on the
Takht-i-Shah and Asmai heights—Captain Hammond receives the V.C.—The
final assault of the enemy on Sherpur—Defeat and pursuit—The second
battle of Charasiab—A fine fight—Roberts marches to Kandahar |
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CHAPTER X.
WAR STORIES.
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Fighting against his own people—The
temptation—The sentry succumbs—Seventeen sent in pursuit—Their return
after two years—Duffadar Faiz Talab's adventure—An unwilling General—His
unhappy position—A narrow escape—Saved by a British officer |
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CHAPTER XI.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHAH SOWAR AND ABDUL MAJID.
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Shah Sowar meets "Smith"—They depart
together—Sheikh Abdul Qadir, late Smith—A travelling Prince—The first
pitfall—Escape—Tea and diplomacy—The Evil Spirit—The Chief with a
thousand spears—The Englishman's disguise fails—Death in the morning—A
hairbreadth escape—Abdul Majid—The fatal shoes—The compass down the
well—A night with his jailer—A stroke for freedom—A later meeting—Peace
and jollification |
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CHAPTER XII.
THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL.
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The beleaguered garrison—Two hundred miles
from anywhere—Rapid mobilisation—Kelly's fine feat—Storming the Malakand—The
Guides' charge in the Swat Valley—Roddy Owen—The Panjkora—Position of
the Guides—The bridge breaks—The fight in retreat—Seven thousand held at
bay—A battle on the stage—Colonel Fred. Battye mortally wounded—A night
of suspense—Defeated by star-shells—Death of Capt. Peebles—Action of
Mundah—Relief of Chitral |
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE MALAKAND, 1897.
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A sudden call on the Guides—Prompt departure
and fine march—Days and nights of constant hand-to-hand fighting—Story
of the trouble—Great bravery of the enemy—Repulsed again and again with
slaughter—Reinforcements arrive—Sir Bindon Blood—Relief of Chakdara—Its
splendid defence—A word for the British subaltern—The fight at Landāki—MacLean's
heroic death—Three V.C.s in one day |
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CHAPTER XIV.
THE HOME OF THE GUIDES.
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A camp to start with—The Five Star Fort—On
the borders of Yāghistan—After the mutiny—The bastions—Godby cut
down—The mess—The garden—The old graveyard—The Kabul memorial—Ommanney's
assassination—The names of roads—Old leaders—The
farm—Polo-grounds—Church—Daily life—Sport—Hawking—Climate—A happy home |
