Ðàçðàáîò÷èê ïðèëîæåíèÿ Forty-One Years In India: IndiaNIC Infocom Limited
Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kand
by Field-Marshal
tCHAPTER I
Voyage to India — Life in Calcutta — A destructive cyclone — Home-sickness
CHAPTER II
Bengal Horse Artillery — Incidents of the journey — New Friends
CHAPTER III
With 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 fight
CHAPTER IV
A 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 locality
CHAPTER V
Lord Dalhousie's Afghan policy — Treaty with Dost Mahomed — War with Persia — The advantage of the Amir's friendship — John Nicholson — 'A pillar of strength on the frontier'
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CHAPTER LXV
The Burma expedition — The Camp of Exercise at Delhi — Defence of the North-West Frontier — Quetta and Peshawar — Communications versus fortifications — Sir George Chesney
CHAPTER LXVI
Nursing for the soldier — Pacification of Burma considered — Measures recommended — The Buddhist priesthood — The Regimental Institute — The Army Temperance Association
CHAPTER LXVII
Defence and Mobilization Committees — The Transport Department — Utilization of Native States' armies — Marquis of Lansdowne becomes Viceroy — Rajputana and Kashmir — Musketry instruction — Artillery and Cavalry training
CHAPTER LXVIII
Extension of command — Efficiency of the Native Army — Concessions to the Native Army — Officering of the Native Army — The Hunza-Naga campaign — Visit to Nepal — A Nepalese entertainment — Proposed mission to the Amir — A last tour — Farewell entertainments — Last days in India
About The Author:
"Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1832–1914) was a distinguished Anglo-Irish soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era. He was affectionately known as 'Bobs' by the troops he commanded.
He fought in the Indian rebellion, seeing action during the siege and capture of Delhi, and was present at the relief of Lucknow, where he was attached to the staff of Sir Colin Campbell, Commander In Chief, India. In December 1858, Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for actions on 2 January of that year at Khudaganj."
--Wikipedia
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"The author was involved in some great milestones of history ... extremely thrilling ... from the Great Mutiny to the Afghan Wars" --Nergal
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