Marching to the Drums

This text includes accounts focusing on the experience of battle, during such pivotal military events such as the Sikh Wars, the Afghan Wars and the Boer War.

List of Illustrations and Maps

7

(2)

The World at War, 1837--1902

9

(2)

Introduction

11

(6)

Select Bibliography

17

(6)

The Crimea

23

(39)

The Battle of the Alma

25

(10)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

35

(8)

The Light Brigade at Balaclava

43

(4)

Inkerman: The Soldiers' Battle

47

(6)

Sebastopol: The Storming of the Redan

53

(9)

India and Afghanistan

62

(88)

The Cabul Massacre

64

(11)

The First Sikh War

75

(8)

Chillianwalla: A Jungle Battle

83

(9)

The Outbreak of the Indian Mutiny

92

(10)

The Defence of the Residency at Lucknow

102

(11)

The Siege and Storm of Delhi

113

(8)

The Burning of the Transport Sarah Sands

121

(10)

The Lost Guns and Colours

131

(7)

The Disaster of Maiwand

138

(3)

Kabul to Kandahar: The Tale of a Lost Army

141

(9)

Policing the Empire

150

(59)

Rangoon: The Storming of the Golden Pagoda

151

(9)

Storming the Taku Forts

160

(25)

The New Zealand War

185

(8)

The Abyssinian War: The Storming of Magdala

193

(9)

The City of the Death-Drum

202

(7)

Egypt and the Sudan

209

(28)

The Desert Battle of Tel-el-Kebir

210

(10)

The Broken Square at Abu Klea

220

(8)

The Crushing of the Dervishes

228

(9)

South Africa

237

(62)

The Loss of the Troopship Birkenhead

239

(9)

How They Held Rorke's Drift

248

(10)

The Fight for Natal

258

(7)

The Tragedy of Majuba Hill

265

(11)

The Fight for Spion Kop

276

(7)

How We Defended Mafeking

283

(8)

South Africa: Chasing a Phantom Army

291

(8)

Index

299

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