
Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief
by Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts
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Illustrated. Formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contetnts and footnotes.CHAPTER IVoyage to India — Life in Calcutta — A destructive cyclone — Home-sicknessCHAPTER IIBengal Horse Artillery — Incidents of the journey — New FriendsCHAPTER IIIWith my father at Peshawar — Peshawar in 1852 — Excitements of a frontier station — A flogging parade — Mackeson's assassination — The Jowaki expedition — A strange dream — A typical frontier fightCHAPTER IVA trip to Khagan — The Vale of Kashmir — With the Horse Artillery — My first visit to Simla — Life at Peshawar — A staff appointment — The bump of localityC...
Chapters (696)
- FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA
- Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief
- FIELD-MARSHAL
- LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR V.C., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.
- FIRST EDITION IN ONE VOLUME
- WITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- CHAPTER XL.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- CHAPTER L.
- CHAPTER LI.
- CHAPTER LII.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- CHAPTER LV.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- CHAPTER LIX.
- CHAPTER LX.
- CHAPTER LXI.
- CHAPTER LXII.
- CHAPTER LXIII.
- CHAPTER LXIV.
- CHAPTER LXV.
- CHAPTER LXVI.
- CHAPTER LXVII.
- CHAPTER LXVIII.
- APPENDIX
- APPENDIX I.
- APPENDIX II.
- APPENDIX III.
- APPENDIX IV.
- APPENDIX V.
- APPENDIX VI.
- APPENDIX VII.
- APPENDIX VIII.
- APPENDIX IX.
- APPENDIX X.
- APPENDIX XI.
- APPENDIX XII.
- APPENDIX XIII.
- APPENDIX XIV.
- APPENDIX XV.
- APPENDIX XVI.
- APPENDIX XVII.
- INDEX
- PERSONS
- INDEX
- CHIEF PUBLIC EVENTS.
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER I
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER II
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER III
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER IV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER V
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER VI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER VII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER VIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER IX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER X
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XVIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XIX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXVIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXIX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXVIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XXXIX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XL
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLVIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER XLIX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER L
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LVIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LIX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LX
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXIII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXIV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXV
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXVI
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXVII
- FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXVIII
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