[93] See Vol. II., pp. 213, 214.
[94] See Vol. II., pp. 282 ff.
[95] A high explosive, consisting of picric acid, used as a bursting charge for shells.
[96] Northumberland Fusiliers.
[98] See Vol. 1., pp. 102, 104, 105, 107.
[99] Fought between the Northern and Southern States of what is now the United States of America, mainly on the question of slavery in the Southern States, during 1861-65.
[100] My´dan.
[101] Important city of South Afghanistan. In 1880 British troops in Kandahar were besieged, but Roberts made a great march from Kabul and relieved them.
[102] City of North India, on the Ganges; the scene of two tragedies during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.