The Book of the V.C. / A record of the deeds of heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its institution in 1857 to the present time

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CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF THE VICTORIA CROSS AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION.

CHAPTER II. THE CRIMEA. THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA.

CHAPTER III. THE CRIMEA. IN THE BALACLAVA CHARGES.

CHAPTER IV. THE CRIMEA. THE HEROES OF INKERMAN.

CHAPTER V. THE CRIMEA. WITH THE SAPPERS AND MINERS. IN TRENCH AND RIFLE-PIT.

CHAPTER VI. THE CRIMEAN CROSSES OF THE NAVY.

CHAPTER VII. PERSIA. HOW THE SQUARE WAS BROKEN.

CHAPTER VIII. INDIA. THE GALLANT NINE AT DELHI.

CHAPTER IX. INDIA. WITH SABRE AND GUN AGAINST SEPOY.

CHAPTER X. INDIA. THE BLOWING UP OF THE CASHMERE GATE.

CHAPTER XI. INDIA. THE STORY OF KOLAPORE KERR.

CHAPTER XII. INDIA. THE DEFENCE OF THE DHOOLIES.

CHAPTER XIII. INDIA. THREE BRAVE CIVILIANS: MANGLES, MCDONELL, AND "LUCKNOW" KAVANAGH.

CHAPTER XIV. INDIA. SOME OTHER CROSSES OF THE MUTINY.

CHAPTER XV. IN THE SIXTIES. CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, WEST AFRICA, AND CANADA.

CHAPTER XVI. NEW ZEALAND. FIGHTING THE MAORIS.

CHAPTER XVII IN ASHANTI BUSH AND MALAY JUNGLE.

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW SOME AFGHAN CROSSES WERE WON.

CHAPTER XIX. MAIWAND. A GUNNER'S STORY.

CHAPTER XX. ZULULAND. THE DASH WITH THE COLOURS FROM ISANDHLANA.

CHAPTER XXI. ZULULAND. HOW THEY HELD THE POST AT RORKE'S DRIFT.

CHAPTER XXII. SOME OTHER ZULU AND SOME BASUTO CROSSES.

CHAPTER XXIII. SOUTH AFRICA. AGAINST BOERS AND MATABELE.

CHAPTER XXIV. IN EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN.

CHAPTER XXV. V.C. HEROES OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

CHAPTER XXVI. HOW SURGEON-CAPTAIN WHITCHURCH WON FAME.

CHAPTER XXVII. WHEN THE AFRIDIS WERE UP.

CHAPTER XXVIII. SOUTH AFRICA. THE V.C.'S OF THE SECOND BOER WAR.

CHAPTER XXIX. SOMALILAND NIGERIA TIBET.

APPENDICES APPENDIX A. ROYAL WARRANTS.

THE BOOK OF THE V.C.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR


  • WITH PIZARRO THE CONQUISTADOR
  • CANADA: BRITAIN’S LARGEST COLONY
  • THE EMPIRE ELOCUTIONIST
  • STORIES OF KING ARTHUR

HOW LORD ROBERTS WON THE V.C.

HE OVERTOOK THE PAIR JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO SEEK REFUGE IN A VILLAGE, AND ENGAGED THEM BOTH AT ONCE.—Frontispiece.See p. 75.


THE BOOK
OF THE
V.C.

A Record of the Deeds of Heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its Institution in 1857, to the Present Time

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL PAPERS AND
OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES

BY
A. L. HAYDON
AUTHOR OF “WITH PIZARRO THE CONQUISTADOR” ETC. ETC.

WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET. 1907

TO MY SON
ARTHUR CECIL HILLYARD

(“MAC”)


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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