| PAGE | | HOW LORD ROBERTS WON THE V.C. | Frontispiece | | THE VICTORIA CROSS | 3 | | THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE V.C., IN HYDE PARK, JUNE 26, 1857 | 5 | | “I GOT HIM TO STAND AT THE HORSE’S HEAD WHILST I LIFTED THE CAPTAIN OFF” | 22 | | THE ESCORT CAME SWINGING UP THE ROAD WITHOUT A SUSPICION OF DANGER | 53 | | McMANUS NOW RUSHED OUT, ACCOMPANIED BY PRIVATE JOHN RYAN … AND CARRIED IN CAPTAIN ARNOLD | 98 | | REINING IN HIS HORSE, HE TURNED TO CATCH VOSPER’S … AND HELPED THE ORDERLY TO REMOUNT | 137 | | WITH THE FLAG … FIRMLY GRIPPED IN HIS HAND, MELVILL SPURRED HIS HORSE FOR THE RIVER | 173 | | GRAVE OF MELVILL AND COGHILL | 175 | | THE COLONEL HAD TO RIDE BACK … AND, WHILE ASSEGAIS AND SHOTS SPED PAST HIM, CARRY OFF THE DISMOUNTED MAN UPON HIS HORSE | 193 | | PIPER FINDLATER … PROPPED HIMSELF UP AGAINST A BOULDER AND CONTINUED TO PLAY HIS PIPES | 236 | | THE GUNS WERE REACHED, BUT AT ONCE BOER SHELLS AND BULLETS BEGAN TO DROP THICKLY AROUND | 242 |
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