Contents

INTRODUCTION.
PAGE
INDIA IN 1856: A RETROSPECT,[1]
NOTES.—DISTANCES—ORTHOGRAPHY—VOCABULARY,[12], [13]
CHAPTER I.
THE ANGLO-INDIAN ARMY AT THE TIME OF THE OUTBREAK,[14]
NOTE,[31]
CHAPTER II.
SYMPTOMS: CHUPATTIES AND CARTRIDGES,[32]
CHAPTER III.
MEERUT, AND THE REBEL-FLIGHT TO DELHI,[48]
CHAPTER IV.
DELHI, THE CENTRE OF INDIAN NATIONALITY,[59]
CHAPTER V.
THE EVENTFUL ESCAPES FROM DELHI,[69]
CHAPTER VI.
LUCKNOW AND THE COURT OF OUDE,[82]
CHAPTER VII.
SPREAD OF DISAFFECTION IN MAY,[97]
NOTES.—INDIAN RAILWAYS—‘HEADMAN’ OF A VILLAGE,[119]
CHAPTER VIII.
TREACHERY AND ATROCITIES AT CAWNPORE,[121]
NOTE.—NENA SAHIB’S PROCLAMATIONS,[145]
CHAPTER IX.
BENGAL AND THE LOWER GANGES: JUNE,[147]
NOTES.—THE OUDE ROYAL FAMILY—CASTES AND CREEDS IN THE INDIAN ARMY,[161], [162]
CHAPTER X.
OUDE, ROHILCUND, AND THE DOAB: JUNE,[163]
CHAPTER XI.
CENTRAL REGIONS OF INDIA: JUNE,[176]
CHAPTER XII.
EVENTS IN THE PUNJAUB AND SINDE,[191]
NOTES.—MILITARY DIVISIONS OF INDIA—ARMIES OF INDIA AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MUTINY,[208]
CHAPTER XIII.
PREPARATIONS: CALCUTTA AND LONDON,[210]
NOTE,[227]
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SIEGE OF DELHI: JUNE AND JULY,[230]
CHAPTER XV.
HAVELOCK’S CAMPAIGN: ALLAHABAD TO LUCKNOW,[247]
CHAPTER XVI.
THE DINAPOOR MUTINY, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES,[264]
CHAPTER XVII.
MINOR MUTINIES: JULY AND AUGUST,[277]
NOTE.—THE BRITISH AT THE MILITARY STATIONS,[293]
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE SIEGE OF DELHI: FINAL OPERATIONS,[295]
CHAPTER XIX.
THE STORY OF THE LUCKNOW RESIDENCY,[316]
NOTE.—BRIGADIER INGLIS’S DISPATCH,[336]
CHAPTER XX.
MINOR CONFLICTS: SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER,[338]
CHAPTER XXI.
THE RESCUE AT LUCKNOW, BY SIR COLIN CAMPBELL,[359]
NOTE.—CAVANAGH’S ADVENTURE,[371]
CHAPTER XXII.
CLOSING EVENTS OF THE YEAR,[374]
NOTES.—PROPOSED RE-ORGANISATION OF THE INDIAN ARMY—PROPOSED INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE MUTINY,[386], [387]
CHAPTER XXIII.
A SECOND YEAR OF REBELLION,[388]
CHAPTER XXIV.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN FEBRUARY,[398]
NOTES.—SIR COLIN CAMPBELL’S ARMY OF OUDE—MOHAMMEDAN REBEL LEADERS,[409], [410]
CHAPTER XXV.
FINAL CONQUEST OF LUCKNOW: MARCH,[412]
NOTE.—LUCKNOW PROCLAMATIONS,[427]
CHAPTER XXVI.
MINOR EVENTS IN MARCH,[429]
NOTES.—‘COVENANTED’ AND ‘UNCOVENANTED’ SERVICE—COLLECTORS AND COLLECTORATES,[443]
CHAPTER XXVII.
DISCUSSIONS ON REBEL PUNISHMENTS,[446]
NOTES,[455]-[461]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN APRIL,[462]
NOTE.—NATIVE POLICE OF INDIA,[480]
CHAPTER XXIX.
PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN MAY,[482]
NOTE.—TRANSPORT OF TROOPS TO INDIA,[501]
CHAPTER XXX.
ROSE’S VICTORIES AT CALPEE AND GWALIOR,[504]
CHAPTER XXXI.
STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE END OF JUNE,[517]
NOTE.—QUEEN’S REGIMENTS IN INDIA IN JUNE,[535]
CHAPTER XXXII.
GRADUAL PACIFICATION IN THE AUTUMN,[537]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
LAST DAYS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S RULE,[561]
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.
§ 1. THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION, 1856-7,[578]
§ 2. THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE EXPEDITIONS, 1856-7-8,[585]
§ 3. ENGLISH PROSPECTS IN THE EAST,[604]
APPENDIX.
EAST INDIA COMPANY’S PETITION TO PARLIAMENT, JANUARY 1858,[613]
EAST INDIA COMPANY’S OBJECTIONS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND INDIA BILLS: APRIL 1858,[618]
EAST INDIA COMPANY’S OBJECTIONS TO THE THIRD INDIA BILL: JUNE 1858,[621]
ABSTRACT OF ACT FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA—RECEIVED ROYAL ASSENT AUGUST 2, 1858,[622]
THE INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND,[623]
QUEEN VICTORIA’S PROCLAMATION TO THE PRINCES, CHIEFS, AND PEOPLE OF INDIA,[623]
VISCOUNT CANNING’S PROCLAMATION,[624]
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE,[625]
INDEX,[629]