Recollections of a Military Life

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Days of Peace	1
II.	Commencement of Crimean War— Interview with Napoleon III. at Paris	10
III.	Battle of Alma	23
IV.	The Flank March	34
V.	Battle of Balaclava	44
VI.	Battle of Inkerman	55
VII.	The Winter of 1854	66
VIII.	Bombardment of April, 1855	78
IX.	Capture of the Mamelon and Quarries—Interview with General PÉlissier	87
X.	Battle of June 18, and Death of Lord Raglan	96
XI.	Battle of Chernaya and the Fall of Sebastopol	106
XII.	The Indian Mutiny	121
XIII.	The Battles at Cawnpore	129
XIV.	Causes of the Mutiny, and Policy of Lord Canning	147
XV.	Recollections of the Madras Presidency	171
XVI.	Return to Bengal—Amalgamation of the Artillery Regiments	180
XVII.	Frontier Campaign in the Afghan Mountains—its Origin—Political and Military Difficulties	185
XVIII.	Hard Fighting in the Mountains	195
XIX.	Political Complications—End of the War	205
XX.	Visit to Peshawur—Sir Hugh Rose returns to England—Sir William Mansfield appointed Commander-in-Chief	221
XXI.	The War in Bootan	230
XXII.	Farewell to India—Return to Regimental Duty at Woolwich—Appointed Director of Artillery—War Office Organisation	239
XXIII.	Short Service and Reserve	254
XXIV.	Localisation and County Regiments—Interview with Napoleon III.	265
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