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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army

INDEX

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A

Aberdeen, 105

Abimoosoo, 66

Abyssinia, 220, 222

Accra, 62

Aden, 163, 198, 222

Affghanistan, 90, 309

Africa, West Coast, 52, 53

Aggery, King, 62

Agra, 16, 22, 26, 113

Albuhera day, 75

Aldershot, 296

Alexandria, 161, 199

Alighur, 32

Aliwal, 50

Allahabad, 19, 35, 36, 37, 122

Ambulances, 241, 242

Ambulanciers, 241, 245

Ancestral worship, 190

Annesley, Captain, 131

Apollonia, 63, 64, 66

Arrah, 111, 114, 118, 138, 139, 143, 145, 148

Arrow affair, 55

Assault, Case of, 89

Atrowlea, 134

Axim, 64, 65, 69

Azimghur, 118, 125, 136

—— Field Force, 135, 146

B

Balaghurree, 42

Bangalore, 216, 311

Bankers, Native, 119

Barbados, 71

Baretto Junior, 70

Bath, Order of the, 79, 157

Batta, 34

Beas, The, 102

Beggars, Chinese, 188

Beheea, 139

Benares, 37, 216

Bentinck, Lord George, 80

Berhampore, 14, 41, 109, 117

Beypore, 298

Bhaugulpore, 41, 109

Bhootan, 214

Bindrabund, 25

Bishop, R.C., of Pekin, 184

Bombay, 297

Boyne celebration, 76

Bray, father and son, 17, 29

“Brooms,” New, 312

Bronze Star, 43

Brown Bess, 22

Bruce, Hon. F., 181, 193

Buckingham, Duke of, 302, 308

Bulliah, 147

Buxar, 39, 81, 145

C

Cabul, 1, 10

Cairo, 161, 199, 224

Calcutta, 10, 43, 103, 108, 113, 152, 203, 219

Calicut, 311

Cambridge, Ship, 58

Camp of Exercise, 22, 32

Campbell, Sir C., 16, 87, 112, 121, 123

Canal, Ganges, 98

—— Suez, 205

Cannanore, 311

Canton, 168, 169

Cape Coast Castle, 53–69

—— Town, 7

Captives by Chinese, 171

Cavanagh, Lieut., 28, 164

Cawnpore, 15, 18, 82, 109, 116, 122, 123, 204

Chamberlain, Sir N., 307, 309

Chanda, 126

Chandernagore, 43

Chartists, 73

Chatham, 1, 2, 45, 46

Cheesewring, 158

Chefoo, 180, 192, 196

Chenab, 86

Chichester, 46, 47, 229

Children, Separation from, 208

Chilianwallah, 74

China, Emperor of, 195

—— expedition, 158, 160

—— indemnity, 194

Chinsurah, 10, 12, 13, 43, 81

Chitowrah, 140, 146

Chloroform, 28, 95, 184

Christmas, 1870, 270

Chumbul, 26

Chunar, 37

Chuprah, 119, 120, 124

Churchill, General, 28

Clarkson, Thomas, 53

“Clemency,” 120

Clifton, Mr., 228

Cobra bite, 20

Colonels, The French, 156, 158

Commission, Sanitary, 209, 218

Confidential Reports, 312

Coonoor, 215

Cornwallis, Lord, 39

Courage at sea, 45

Crimea, The, 97, 100, 101

Crocodile, H.M.S., 226

Czar, The, 101

D

Darjeeling, 206

Decorations, Sale of, 229

Delhi, 24, 112–118

—— King of, 150

Deobund, 82

Devonport, 153, 157, 200, 202

Dewalee Festival, 21

Deyrah Dhoon, 34

Dinapore, 39, 102, 110–114, 145, 151, 206

Disaffection, 205

Disaster, Arrah, 111

—— Cabul, 10

—— Jugdispore, 138, 143

Distilling water, 107

Donnybrook Fair, 18

Dost Mahomed, 100, 205

Douglas, Brigadier, 137, 138, 145

Dover, 293, 295

Dowraha, 129

Duelling, 75

Dublin, 78

Dunant, M. Henry, 293

Dunbar, Capt., 112

—— Dr., 217

E

Elgin, Lord, 164, 171, 172, 203, 209

Ellenborough, Lord, 17, 35, 50

Elmina, 56

Emily, Brig, 55

Encobra, River, 65

Enniskillen, 74, 77

Euphrates, H.M.S., 221, 226, 297

Evans, Sir de Lacy, 79

Execution parades, 18, 77, 122

Exercise, Camp of, 22

Exhibition, International, 80

Eyre, Major, 112, 118, 139

F

Famine, 307, 313

Fantees, The, 57

Fenwick, Col., 126, 131, 137, 141

Ferozeshah, 84

Fevers, Report on, 308

Flogging case, 53

“Flying column,” 185

Foot, Chinese, 185

Franco-Prussian War, 231

French troops in Tientsin, 86, 192, 194

Futtehpore, 122

Futtyghur, 125

G

Galle, 163, 198

Ganges, 14, 81, 108, 121

Gazette Extraordinary, 152

Ghazepore, 38, 138

Ghizeh, 224

Gibson, Mrs., 228

Gold Coast, 57–62

—— fever, 88

Goojerat, 86, 92

Goorkahs, 39, 148

Gordon, Capt. C. E., 189, 210

Gough, Sir Hugh, 5, 21

Graham, Capt., 130

Grant, Capt. C., 27

Grant, Sir Hope, 147, 172

—— Sir Patrick, 112

Gravesend, 3, 45, 72, 105

Grey, General, 30

Gros, Baron, 164

Guinea—​See Gold Coast

Gwalior, 17, 22, 25, 26, 30, 31

Gyah, 117

Gymnasium, 229

H

Haines, Sir F., 298, 307

Hardinge, Lord, 35, 49

Haslar, 49

Havelock, Lieut., 131

—— Sir Henry, 113, 116, 118, 123

Hazarabagh, 208, 215

Head, Sir Francis, 74

Himalayahs, 33

Hobart, Lord, 306

Honan, 169

Hong-Kong, 165–171, 198

Hope, Sir James, 175, 202

Hospital, Charitable, Tientsin, 184

—— Foundling, 182

—— Women’s, Devonport, 157

—— at Wuzzeerabad, 95

Hospitality, Regimental, 17

Hot season in Punjab, 87

Hummeerpore, 126

Hunting in China, 182

Hurdwar, 33

Hurricane, 80, 211, 221

I

Ibrahim Pasha, 51

Illness, My, 97, 102, 230

Indemnity, Chinese, 194

Indian, Ship, 2, 5

Indigo, 210

Inspection duties, 310

Inspections, Surprise, 77

Institute, Soldiers’, 91

Irawaddy, River, 299

J

Jagadree, 83

Jains, 31, 214

Jounpore Field Force, 120, 124

Jugdispore, 138–147

Jumna, The, 83

Jung Bahadur, 113, 118, 149

K

Kafilats, 152

Karens, 302, 303

Koer Singh, 111, 114, 125, 135–140, 145

Kullianpore, 82

Kurrunnassa, River, 81

Kyatzoo creek, 305

L

Ladies rescued, 132

Lahore, 99

Lamprey, Dr., 184

Lawrence, Sir Henry, 134

—— Sir John, 118, 120, 209, 220

L.E.L., 21, 60

Lives sacrificed, 115

Lloyds, Ship, 8

Locusts, 20, 208

Loodianah, 83

Lucknow, 113, 118, 120, 122, 127, 129, 130, 134

Lugard, Sir Edward, 143, 144, 145, 146

M

M——, Capt., Story of, 166, 202

Macarthy, Sir C., 57

Mackeson, Major, 93

Madras, 107, 215, 219, 297–313

Magrath, Capt., 31

Maharajpore, 26, 27, 42

Malabar, Wreck of the, 163

Maliaporam, 310

Malta, 161

March, The, in Africa, 65–69

—— England, 47

—— India, 18, 82, 103

—— Ireland, 74, 77, 78

Marlborough, Ship, 104

Marriage, My, 77

Masterly inactivity, 205, 211

Maun Singh, 119

Maynooth, 78

Medical officers, Army, 79, 132, 215, 296, 310

Meean Meer, 96, 98, 115

Meerut, 32, 82

Mendhee Hussun, 136

Mess hospitality, 9, 17, 40

Mills, Mrs., Story of, 117

Mitchell, Capt. (Sir John), 28, 195

Mohurrum, The, 113

Monarch, Ship, 44

Monghyr, 40, 110, 213

Monro of “The Blues,” 75

—— Sir Hector, 37, 39, 40

Moodkee, 50

Moolraj, 81

Moses’ Wells, 223

Mosque in Tientsin, 190

Moulvie, The, 132

Murder, Story of, 89

Murree, 93

Mutilation, 144

Mutiny of native regiment, 34

—— at sea, 9

—— Sepoy, 107–119

—— “White,” 155

Muttra, 25

N

Nagasaki, 197, 198

Nana, The, 120

Napier, Sir C., 17, 27

Napoleon III., 82, 89, 201

—— deposed, 234

Neil, General, 120

Nepaulese, The, 39

“Neptune,” 6

New Year, Chinese, 182

Nunnery, Buddhist, 189

O

Officer, Story of an, 204

Ootacamund, 215, 219, 308, 313

Opinion, English, 119

Opium dens, 102

Oriental, Ship, 298

Ornithology in Africa, 61

Oude, 16, 103, 113, 119, 120, 126

—— Family of, 149

—— King of, 108

Outram, Sir J., 112, 118, 125

P

Palkee dâk, 16

Papamow, 19

Paris, 206

—— Siege of, 232–288

—— Sieges of, 246

Alsacienne, Story of the, 242, 246

Ambulanciers, 243

Avron, Plateau d’, 271

Balloon post, 244, 246, 261

Bellemere, Gen., 252, 277

Belleville, 254, 267, 277, 279

Besieged, Conditions of, 274, 280

Bombardment, 272–278

Bougeval, 256

Boulogne, 257

Bourget, Le, 257, 269

Cantinières, 243, 257—​See Vivandières

Caserne Papinière, 270

Casualties, 273, 280

Champigny, 262–266

Charitable Fund (British), 250

Chatillon, 242–245

Claremont, Col., 233, 240

Commune, The, 258, 280, 283, 286, 290

Dangerous classes, 243—​See Commune

Defenders, 238, 252, 253

Disaffection, 274

Disturbances, 260, 267, 282

Drancy and Bourget, 269, 270

Ducrot, Gen., 278

Duel, 268

Emperor, German, Review by, 291

Eugénie, Empress, 235, 253

Federals, 252, 257

Francs Tireurs, 254, 257

Garde Mobile, 237, 239, 240, 245, 257

—— Nationale, 236, 238, 243, 253, 257, 258, 260, 284, 290, 292

Humiliation, Causes of, 284

Irishman in French Navy, 271

Légion d’Honneur, 290

Lindsay, Col. Lloyd, 250

Madeleine, Requiem in, 259

Meudon, 242, 244, 273, 291

Montretout and Bougeval, 277

Montmartre, 238, 290, 291

Mont Valérien, 279

Nurses, 241, 242, 244

“Occupation” by German army, 289

Père la Chaise, 259

Pigeon post, 249

Rationing, 260, 267, 275

Republic, 243, 252, 254, 255

Riots—​See Disturbances

Sedan, 240

Soldiers, Citizen, 274

Sorties, 255, 262, 269, 277

Spy, Captured as a, 233

—— mania, 268

St. Cloud Palace, 249

St. Denis, 279

Supplies arrive, 281, 282, 287

Théâtre Française, 261

Thiers, M., 239

Times messages, 276

Trochu, Gen., 239, 257, 271, 279

Versailles, 238, 290, 291

Vilette, 254, 257, 260, 267, 279

Vinoy, Gen., 235, 277, 279

Vivandières, 252

Washburne, 276

Wounded Germans, 292

Zouaves, 253

Parkhurst, 228

Patna, 39, 112, 117, 147, 213

Pearl Brigade, 119, 120, 124

Peel, Sir W., 115, 122

Peeroo, 141

Pekin, 171

Penang, 164

Persia, 100

Petroleum, 301

Pigott, Lord, 306

Plassee, 42

Plymouth, 153, 157

Pollock, Gen., 15

Portsmouth, 48, 72, 227–230, 313

Portland, 228

Postage cheap in India, 98

Prestige, 137

Princess Royal, Ship, 72

Proclamation, Royal, 149

Proclamations, 148–150

Prome, 300

Pucka Serai, 92

Punishments, Army, 229

Punjab, The, 22, 23, 35, 40, 118

Punniar, 30

Purbootpore, 81

Pyramids of Ghizeh, 225

Q

Quacko Ako, 63, 68

Queen, H.M. the, in Ireland, 76

R

Rajmahal, 46, 109

Ramdeela, 38

Raneegunge, 120, 152, 209

Rangoon, 298, 305

Raper, Gen., 14

Rattler, H.M.S., 51

Ravee, The, 84

Rawul Pindee, 93, 95

Refugees, 108

Regiments,—​

16th Lancers, 24–29, 50

3rd Foot (The Buffs), 2, 18, 52, 220

10th Foot, 42, 80, 85, 94, 97, 110

57th Foot, 74–100

Reinforcements, 115, 119

Roberts, Lord, 91

Robinson, Sir W., 307

Ros de, Lady, 294

Rose, Sir Hugh, 140

Rouen, 202

Russian warship, 51

S

Saharunpore, 83

Sarnath, 38, 218

Schools, Regimental, 156

Secunderabad, 311

Sedan, 234, 251

Sepoy mutiny, 107–115

Service, Short, 293

Sewan, 124

Shaloof, 222

Shanghai, 172, 173

Shannon Brigade, 115

Shoay Gheen, 304

Sickly season, 59, 60

Sikhs, 148

—— at Tientsin, 186

—— invade India, 49

Sikkim, 207

Silver, Brick of, 133

Simla, 97, 102

Sinchal, 207

Sind, 1, 17

Singapore, 164

Sitang, River, 303, 305

Sittana, 209

Slavery, 54, 57

Smith, Sir Harry, 22, 50

Snake-bite, 20, 90

Sobraon, 50

Society, Army Medical, 227

Soldiers, Discharging, 230

—— Old, 52, 271, 310

—— Young, 309

—— Institute, 91

—— Life in India, 90, 91

Somnath, Gates of, 17

Sonthals, 101

Sooltanpore, 127, 128

Soorma, The “flat,” 108

Sotheby, Captain, 119, 120

Squadron, Experimental, 49, 50

St. Helena, 44

Staveley, Sir C., 196

Struck, Am, by soldier, 88

Succession in Guinea, 62

Suez, 162, 198, 223

—— Canal, 205

Sunderbunds, 81

Sutlej, River, 15, 84

Suttee suppression, 82

T

Table Bay, 7

Taipings, 165, 172, 193, 194, 210

Taku, 154, 175

Taoists, 196

Tarifa, 160

Tartar soldiers, 185

Tea, Factory of, 169

—— Soldiers’, 48

Telegraph, 97, 214, 220

Temple, Buddhist, 189

—— of Punishments, 180

—— Taoist, 196

Thebaw, King, 309

Thuggee, 87

Thyet Myo, 301, 303

Tientsin, 171–177

Tirhoot, 124

Todas, 216

Tonghoo, 303

Trait, 93

Transports, Indian, 205

Treaty, Chinese, 173

Trent affair, 199

Trincomalee, 221

Troopships, 4, 31, 44

U

Umballah, 83, 102

V

Versailles, 201

W

Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, 203

War, First Sikh, 50

Warrant, Royal, 149, 314

Watson, General, 37

Wellington, Duke of, 89

“White Man’s Grave,” 52

White Star, Ship, 180

Wife, Illness of, 92, 95

Wight, Isle of, 227

Winchester, 48

Women to be armed, 114

Wuzzeerabad, 86–95

Y

Yoma range, 301

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