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Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief


Frederick Sleigh Roberts - 1898
    Formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contetnts and footnotes.CHAPTER IVoyage to India — Life in Calcutta — A destructive cyclone — Home-sicknessCHAPTER IIBengal Horse Artillery — Incidents of the journey — New FriendsCHAPTER IIIWith my father at Peshawar — Peshawar in 1852 — Excitements of a frontier station — A flogging parade — Mackeson's assassination — The Jowaki expedition — A strange dream — A typical frontier fightCHAPTER IVA trip to Khagan — The Vale of Kashmir — With the Horse Artillery — My first visit to Simla — Life at Peshawar — A staff appointment — The bump of localityCHAPTER VLord Dalhousie's Afghan policy — Treaty with Dost Mahomed — War with Persia — The advantage of the Amir's friendship — John Nicholson — 'A pillar of strength on the frontier' ...CHAPTER LXVThe Burma expedition — The Camp of Exercise at Delhi — Defence of the North-West Frontier — Quetta and Peshawar — Communications versus fortifications — Sir George ChesneyCHAPTER LXVINursing for the soldier — Pacification of Burma considered — Measures recommended — The Buddhist priesthood — The Regimental Institute — The Army Temperance AssociationCHAPTER LXVIIDefence and Mobilization Committees — The Transport Department — Utilization of Native States' armies — Marquis of Lansdowne becomes Viceroy — Rajputana and Kashmir — Musketry instruction — Artillery and Cavalry trainingCHAPTER LXVIIIExtension 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