Chapter I: Introduction

Having served for many years in the Royal Artillery, and taken part in some of the campaigns in which the British army has been engaged during my period of service, I am in hopes that my recollections may be of some interest, and my views on military subjects worthy of record; and I therefore publish them, dedicating my book to the Officers and Men of the Regiment amongst whom I have passed my career.

1895.

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

XXV. VISIT TO THE CRIMEA WITH CHARLES GORDON, 1872--REPORT
ON THE CEMETERIES 273

XXVI. RIFLED ORDNANCE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY RESERVES--APPOINTED
GOVERNOR, ROYAL MILITARY
ACADEMY--THE BRITISH ARMY IN 1875 284

XXVII. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE AFGHAN WAR OF 1878-79 300

XXVIII. APPOINTED SURVEYOR GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE--PRINCIPLES
OF ARMY PROMOTION--EGYPTIAN WAR
OF 1882 322

XXIX. GIBRALTAR--ITS VALUE FROM A NAVAL AND COMMERCIAL
POINT OF VIEW--ZOBEHR PASHA A STATE
PRISONER--SANITARY CONDITION OF GIBRALTAR 359

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

HEAD QUARTERS, CRIMEA, WINTER OF 1854. FARM
HOUSE IN WHICH LORD RAGLAN DIED _Frontispiece_

BATTLE OF ALMA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854 _To face p._ 28

BALACLAVA. SCENE OF LIGHT CAVALRY CHARGE, OCTOBER
25, 1854 " 46

THE GARRISON OF LUCKNOW RETURNING TO CAWNPORE,
NOVEMBER 1857 " 143

GOING TO THE WAR. CROSSING THE INDUS AT ATTOCK,
NOVEMBER 1863 " 207

AFGHAN FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. STORMING THE CONICAL
PEAK, DECEMBER 1863 " 213

SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE TOUR IN BOOTAN, JANUARY
1866 " 234

WAR IN BOOTAN, 1866. OUTPOST IN VALLEY OF THE
CHIN-CHU " 238

RUINS OF THE TUILERIES, NOVEMBER 1872.
LIBERTÉ--EGALITÉ--FRATERNITÉ " 282

EVE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. ENCAMPMENT OF BRITISH
ARMY AT KASSASSIN LOCK " 346

GIBRALTAR FROM QUEEN OF SPAIN'S CHAIR " 361

ZOBEHR PASHA " 373

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT

PAGE

DIAGRAM OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARMIES 20

FORMATION OF LIGHT BRIGADE UNDER THE EARL OF CARDIGAN 48

PLAN OF CAWNPORE, TO ILLUSTRATE BATTLE OF NOVEMBER 27,
1857 136

DUTCH MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION 175

SKETCH MAP OF NORTH-WEST FRONTIER 186

COPY OF SKETCH BY NAPOLEON III. 269

SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR 345

VISITING CARD OF ARABI PASHA FOUND AT TEL-EL-KEBIR 356

ARMS OF GIBRALTAR 359

MAPS

BATTLE OF ALMA _To face p._ 25

SKETCH SHOWING THE POSITION OF THE ALLIED
ARMIES BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, OCTOBER 1854 " 39

SKETCH TO ILLUSTRATE THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN " 52

RECOLLECTIONS
OF
A MILITARY LIFE