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JOURNAL
OF A
CAVALRY OFFICER;
INCLUDING
THE MEMORABLE SIKH CAMPAIGN OF
1845-1846.
BY
W.W.W. HUMBLEY, M.A.
TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
FELLOW OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY;
CAPTAIN, 9TH QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1854.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WERTHEIMER AND CO.
FINSBURY CIRCUS.
TO
LORD STANLEY, M.P.
THIS VOLUME
IS
BY PERMISSION DEDICATED
AS A
SMALL TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD,
BY HIS
FRIEND AND SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
...
BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!
| Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Voyage to India—Advantages of Sailing with Troops onBoard—Regulations at Sea—March from Cawnpore toMeerut—Return from Nougawa Ghât to Meerut—Marchto Ferozepore—Cantonments at Kurnaul—ColonelCampbell's Force—Number of Cattle requiredon a March—Sunday—Rev. W.J. Whiting, M.A.—Distributionof Prize-Money—Advanced Guard—Governor-General—MajorBroadfoot and CaptainNicolson—Suspicions of the Sikhs—Sir David Ochterlony—TheSikh Army—The Battle of Moodkee—TejSingh. | 18 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Colonel Campbell's Advance—Provisions required—CampFollowers—Samana—The Doabs—Gooroo Govind—TheAkalees, their Quoits—Sikhs attack Ahmed Shah—MahaSingh—Maharattas—General Thomas—RunjeetSingh—Holcar—Sir Charles Metcalfe—Ochterlony'sProclamation—The Akalees routed—Generals Allardand Ventura—Treaty with Runjeet—Runjeet's Army—Runjeet'sDeath—Shere Singh Murdered—DhuleepSingh—Ajean Khan—Battle of Moodkee. | 46 |
| CHAPTER III. | |