Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief

by Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts

• [Jowaki] Expedition, [17], [18]

• [Kabul], Cavagnari's Mission to, [380], [381], [383], [384]
  • Expedition, [384]-468
  • Massacre of Embassy at, [383]
  • Repulse of British Mission to, [343]-345
  • Russian Mission to, [341], [342]
• Kandahar, Defeat of Ayub Khan at, [487]-491
  • March to, [473]-485
• Khost, Action at, [370], [371]
• Khudaganj, Fight at, [213]-215
• Kohat, Expedition near, [530]
• Kuram Expedition, [348]-375

• [Lucknow], Relief of, [170]-189;
  • Sir Colin's preparations, [170];
  • the advance begun, [170];
  • reinforcements arrive, [171];
  • attack by the enemy, [173];
    • ammunition wanting, [175];
    • the advance, [178];
    • Sir Colin wounded, [179];
    • attack on the Sikandarbagh, [180]-182;
    • the Shah Najaf, [184], [185];
    • the relief effected, [187]
    • meeting of the Generals, [188];
    • the evacuation, [192]
  • Siege of, [220]-226;
    • Napier's plan adopted, [221];
    • capture of the Chakar Kothi, [223];
    • capture of the iron bridge, [223], [224];
    • visit from Jung Bahadur, [224];
    • Hodson mortally wounded, [225];
    • Sir Colin's mistake, [226];
    • the city taken, [229]
• Lushai Expedition, [310]-319

• [Maiwand], Disaster at, [470]-471
• Majuba Hill, Disaster at, [497]
• Mandalay, Capture of, [507]
• Manipur Expedition, [531]
• Meerut, Mutiny at, [44]-50
• Merv, Russian Occupation of, [503]
• Mianganj, Taking of, [217], [218]
• Mian Mir, Disarmament at, [66]-67
• Multan, Disarmament at, [70]-72
• Mutiny, The, of 1857-1858, [34]-251;
  • Causes of, [231]-244;
  • Chances of its recurrence, [245]-251;
  • First tidings of, [34]-40;
  • New light on, [241];
  • Predicted by Sir Henry Lawrence, [194];
  • and by Sir John Malcolm, [236]

• [Oudh], Annexation of, [234]-236

• [Panipat], Three Battles of, [509]
• Panjdeh, Incident at, [503]
• Peiwar Kotal, Taking of, [355]-364
• Persia, War with, [30], [238]
• Plassy, Battle of, [194]³, [242]
  • Centenary of, [94], [95]
• Prince Albert Victor visits India, [529], [530]
• Prince of Wales visits India, [326]-328

• [Regimental] Institutes, Establishment of, [519]
• Royal Proclamation of 1859, [254]

• [Sheorajpur], Fight at, [209]
• Sher Ali, Death of, [375]
  • Russian Treaty with, [421], [559]
• Shutargardan, Attack on the, [399]
• Sikandarbagh, Attack on the, [178]-182
• Sikim Expedition, [524]
• Staff-Corps, Introduction of the, [270], [271]

• [Takht]-i-Shah, Taking of the, [441], [442]

• [Umbeyla] Expedition, [18], [181]²⁰, [280]-293
• Upper Burma, Annexation of, [510]