Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846

Project of a Railway to Calcutta--Calcutta, a Six Months' Trip from England--The Strand Road--The Mint--Professor Weidemann--The Strand Mills--The General Post Office--Custom Ho...

The Army of the Sutlej broken up--Set out on a Tour--Dhool--Ferozepore--Grandeur of the Himalayas--Misri-Wala--Ferozeshah--Moodkee--Bhaga Poorana--Bussean--Phurewallee--Kotla Mu...

Colonel Campbell's Advance--Provisions required--Camp Followers--Samana--The Doabs--Gooroo Govind--The Akalees, their quoits--Sikhs attack Ahmed Shah--Maha Singh--Maharattas--Ge...

Allahabad--Pilgrimages--The River Jumna--Hurdwar--Akbar--Allum II.--Fortifications--Inscriptions on Column--Military Depôt--Lieut.-Colonel A. Abbott, C.B.--Colonel Kyd discovers...

Richard Bond, the Messman--Sikh Grass-cutters--Choice of Camps--General Lloyd's Opinions--Lieut.-Colonel Irvine and Sir H. Maddock--Position at Sobraon--Brigadier E. Smith's Pla...

Ghazepore--The Opium Trade--Marquis Cornwallis's Mausoleum--Sand-banks--Buxar--Cossim-Ali-Khan--Sir Hector Munro--Battle of Buxar--Nawab of Oude--Emperor of Delhi--Revelgunge--T...

Monghyr--Wells of Seetacoond--The Fort of Monghyr--Storms on the Ganges--Cossim Ali Khan--Monghyr the Birmingham of India--Employment of Women--The Gaol--A Sacred Bathing-place-...

Voyage to India--Advantages of Sailing with Troops on Board--Regulations at Sea--March from Cawnpore to Meerut--Return from Nougawa Ghât to Meerut--March to Ferozepore--Cantonme...

Nidampore--Christmas-day--Munsorepore--Kotla Mullair--Phurawallee--Bussean--Surrender of Wudnee--Cession of Ferozepore--Bhaga Poorana--False Alarms--Roree Bukkur--Sir John Littl...

Return to Bussean--Sir John Grey's Detachment--Battle of Assaye--Sindiah's Troops--Generals Allard and Ventura--General Lloyd's Observations on the Art of War--Tactics of the Si...

Delhi--Mahmood of Ghuznee--Shah Jehan--Gates of Delhi--Mosques--The Palace--Hall of Audience--Chapel of Aurungzebe--The Gardens--The Jumma Musjeed--Khoonee Durwaza--Protestant C...

Review of the Army--Eastern Mode of Adoption--Cashmere assigned to Goolab Singh--Defeat of Affghan Cavalry--Major John Cameron Campbell--Security of the North-west Frontier--Fer...

THERE is a regular steam communication between Calcutta and Allahabad; but as the steamers proceed no further than that city, it may not be out of place to give the reader a few...

Hurrekee Ghât--Chain Bridles--Sir Thomas Dallas--Victory of Sir Harry Smith at Aliwal--Umballa--Preparations of the Sikhs--Capture of Dhurmkote--Loodianna--Runjoor Singh--Buddiw...

ON the morning of the 11th of April, I bade adieu to the far-famed city of Delhi, after a most agreeable stay of only four days, during which, however, I had made the most of my...

WE anchored off the ancient and sacred city of Benares, at eight o'clock in the evening. The Sanscrit name of the district of Benares is Varanase, from "Vara" and "Nashi" ("two...

AT four o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th of June, we lay off Moorshedabad, a large, unwalled town, in the Province of Bengal, of which it was the capital from 1704 until our...

Project of a Railway to Calcutta--Calcutta a Six Months' Trip from England--The Strand Road--The Mint--Professor Weidemann--The Strand Mills--The General Post Office--Custom Hou...

ON the night of the victory of Sobraon, some of our advanced brigades crossed the Sutlej, opposite Ferozepore: they met with no resistance on landing, the whole place was abando...

Richard Bond, the Messman--Sikh Grass-cutters--Choice of Camps--General Lloyd's Opinions--Lieut.-Colonel Irvine and Sir H. Maddock--Position at Sobraon--Brigadier E. Smith's Pla...

Hurrekee Ghât--Chain Bridles--Sir Thomas Dallas--Victory of Sir Harry Smith at Aliwal--Umballa--Preparations of the Sikhs--Capture of Dhurmkote--Loodianna--Runjoor Singh--Buddiw...

Voyage to India--Advantages of Sailing with Troops on Board--Regulations at Sea--March from Cawnpore to Meerut--Return from Nougawa Ghât to Meerut--March to Ferozepore--Cantonme...

Review of the Army--Eastern Mode of Adoption--Cashmere assigned to Goolab Singh--Defeat of Affghan Cavalry--Major John Cameron Campbell--Security of the North-west Frontier--Fer...

Delhi--Mahmood of Ghuznee--Shah Jehan--Gates of Delhi--Mosques--The Palace--Hall of Audience--Chapel of Aurungzebe--The Gardens--The Jumma Musjeed--Khoonee Durwaza--Protestant C...

The Army of the Sutlej broken up--Set out on a Tour--Dhool --Ferozepore--Grandeur of the Himalayas--Misri-Wala--Ferozeshah --Moodkee--Bhaga Poorana--Bussean--Phurewallee--Kotla...

Ghazepore--The Opium Trade--Marquis Cornwallis's Mausoleum--Sand-banks--Buxar--Cossim Ali Khan--Sir Hector Munro--Battle of Buxar--Nawab of Oude--Emperor of Delhi--Revelgunge--T...

Nidampore--Christmas-day--Munsorepore--Kotla Mullair--Phurawallee --Bussean--Surrender of Wudnee--Cession of Ferozepore--Bhaga Poorana--False Alarms--Roree Bukkur--Sir John Litt...

Monghyr--Wells of Seetacoond--The Fort of Monghyr--Storms on the Ganges--Cossim Ali Khan--Monghyr the Birmingham of India--Employment of Women--The Gaol--A Sacred Bathing-place-...

Return to Bussean--Sir John Grey's Detachment--Battle of Assaye--Sindiah's Troops--Generals Allard and Ventura--General Lloyd's Observations on the Art of War--Tactics of the Si...

Allahabad--Pilgrimages--The River Jumna--Hurdwar--Akbar--Allum II.--Fortifications--Inscriptions on Column--Military Depôt --Lieut.-Colonel A. Abbott, C.B.--Colonel Kyd discover...

Colonel Campbell's Advance--Provisions required--Camp Followers--Samana--The Doabs--Gooroo Govind--The Akalees, their Quoits--Sikhs attack Ahmed Shah--Maha Singh--Maharattas--Ge...

Ghazenuggur--Secundra--Allyghur--The Fort--The Church--Monuments--The Gaol--Akbarabad---Meerun-ke-Serai--Kanoge--Tombs--Ancient Coins--Language of Kanoge--Supposed Site of Palib...