Chapter 14

THE HOME OF THE GUIDES.

A camp to start with--The Five Star Fort--On the borders of Yaghistan--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 185

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sir Harry Lumsden, who raised the Guides, from a portrait made when he was commanding the corps _Front_.

Afridis on the war-path _To face page_ 8

Ressaldar Fatteh Khan, Khuttuk, who at the head of seventy men of the Guides' Cavalry defeated and drove into Mooltan a Brigade of Sikh Cavalry, from a picture by W. Carpenter. By kind permission of General Sir Peter Lumsden, G.C.B. " 24

A Picquet of the Guides' Infantry bivouacking " 40

A Scout of the Guides' Cavalry warning his Infantry Comrades. The small man on the right is a Gurkha " 70

A non-commissioned officer of the Guides' Infantry " 80

An Afridi of the Guides' Infantry " 92

The Memorial Arch and Tank to the memory of Sir Louis Cavignari and the officers and non-commissioned officers and men of the Guides killed in the defence of the Kabul Residency, September 3, 1879. In the foreground is a brass cannon captured during the Relief of Chitral " 104

Statue of Lieutenant Walter Hamilton, erected in Dublin Museum " 107

A Trooper of the Guides' Cavalry Types of men in the Guides' Infantry " 136

Types of men in the Guides' Cavalry, both in uniform and mufti " 144

Non-commissioned Officer and Trooper of the Guides' Cavalry " 162

Thirty-four wearers of the Star "For Valour," all serving at one time in the Corps of Guides. This is the highest distinction open to an Indian soldier for gallantry in action. The group illustrates the variety of tribes enlisted in the Guides--Afridis, Yusafzai Pathans, Khuttuks, Sikhs, Punjabi Mahomedans, Punjabi Hindus, Farsiwans (Persians), Dogras, Gurkhas, Kabulis, Turcomans, &c., &c., most of whom are here represented " 172

The old Graveyard at Mardan " 190

The Church at Mardan " 194

THE STORY OF THE GUIDES