A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863

Boyhood--Enlistment--Will of Peter the Great--Recruits' Drill--What the Fusiliers were Thirty Years ago--The Young Idea had to be Taught how to Shoot--The Fusiliers Depart for t...

Disembarkation in the Crimea--First Night in the Enemy's Country, a night long to be remembered, no shelter--March to the Alma--The Battle--The Fusiliers Leading the Van--Letter...

Voyage to Malta--Scenes between Decks--An Insufficiency of Doctors--Landing at Malta--Kind Treatment in Hospital--The Nurses--Fast Recovery--Letter Home--Longing to be at it aga...

More Trench Work--Meeting with Captain Vicars--My Letter of the 15th March, 1855--Night Attack in the Trenches--Capt. Vicars' Death--A few Remarks showing his Noble Character--M...

The Storming of the Town--A Description of the Assault--Capture of the Malakoff and Redan--Am left on the Field Wounded--Our Loss, the French Loss, and the Enemy's Loss--The Spo...

Numerical List of Killed And Wounded in the various Regiments forming the Crimean Army--Loss of the Light and Second Divisions--Loss by Neglect, Hardships, and Starvation--List...

India, its Extent and Resources--Its Population--Its Invasion by Alexander--The beginning of the English Empire in India--The East India Company and its Officers--How the Empire...

The Task before Sir Colin Campbell--Disaster at Arrah--Relief by Major Eyre--Attempted Surprise at Agra--Short, sharp work--The Mutiny in Oude--Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Ca...

List of Battles Fought by Land between 1704 and 1882, showing Date when each was Fought, the Number we Lost, the supposed Number of the Enemy's Loss, the Regiments that Fought t...

Curious Modes of Recruiting in the "Good Old Days"--Pig Killing--The Late Duke of Kent--Examples of Brevity--Act of Self Devotion--The Piper of the 74th Highlanders at Badajoz--...

General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B.--Stories of his Boyhood--Joins the Army--His Military Career--Promotion a long time in coming--His Merits gradually being Recognised--Employed...

Captain Hedley Vicars, a Loving Son and a Faithful Soldier of the Cross--His Early Life--Joins the Army, and devotes himself to his chosen profession--His eyes opened to Truths...

The Cost of War--The Bloody Fields of Eylan and Friedland--The Great Northern Confederation--Nelson and the Russian Emperor--Battle of Trafalgar--British Victories in Spain--Nap...

Boyhood--Enlistment--Will of Peter the Great--Recruits' Drill--What the Fusiliers were 30 years ago--The Young Idea had to be taught how to Shoot--The Fusiliers depart for the E...

Disembarkation in the Crimea--First night in the Enemy's Country, a night long to be remembered, no shelter--March to the Alma--The Battle--The Fusiliers leading the Van--Letter...

Voyage to Malta--Scenes between Decks--An insufficiency of Doctors--Landing at Malta--Kind Treatment in Hospital--The Nurses--Fast Recovery--Letter Home--Longing to be at it aga...

More Trench Work--Meeting with Capt. Vicars--My Letter of the 15th March, 1855--Night Attack in the Trenches--Capt. Vicars' Death--A few Remarks showing his Noble Character--My...

The Storming of the Town--A Description of the Assault--Capture of the Malakoff and Redan--Am left on the Field Wounded--Our Loss, the French Loss, and the Enemy's Loss--The Spo...

Numerical List of Killed and Wounded in the various Regiments forming the Crimean Army--Loss of the Light and Second Divisions--Loss by Neglect, Hardships, and Starvation--List...

India, its extent and resources--Its Population--Its Invasion by Alexander--The beginning of the English Empire in India--The East India Company and its Officers--How the Empire...

The Task before Sir Colin Campbell--Disaster at Arrah--Relief by Major Eyre--Attempted Surprise at Agra--Short, sharp work--The Mutiny in Oude--Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Ca...

List of Battles Fought by Land between 1704 and 1882, showing date when each was Fought, the Number we Lost, the supposed Number of the Enemy's Loss; the Regiments that Fought t...

Curious Modes of Recruiting in the "Good Old Days"--Pig Killing--The Late Duke of Kent--Examples of Brevity--Act of Self-devotion--The Piper of the 74th Highlanders at Badajoz--...

Hail, sacred volume of eternal truth, Thou staff of age, thou guide of wand'ring youth; Thou art the prize that all who run shall win, Thou the sole shield against the darts of...

General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B.--Stories of his Boyhood--Joins the Army--His Military Career--Promotion a long time in coming--His merits gradually being recognised--Employed...

Captain Hedley Vicars, a Loving Son, and a Faithful Soldier of the Cross--His Early Life--Joins the Army, and devotes Himself to his Chosen Profession--His Eyes opened to the Tr...

The following will prove to my readers that the gallant 42nd, or Black Watch, have often been foremost in our ranks on many a hard contested field. Their loyalty is undoubted, a...

For the information of such of my readers as have neither the time nor the opportunity of diving into history, I will now give a historic outline of the enormous cost of war in...