[3] Oriental names in this book are not always spelt consistently on one scientific system. For example, it has not been thought proper to alter the original spelling in letters quoted, or to correct well-known names such as Lucknow or Bangalore.
[4] Captain Norman Neill, afterwards killed on the Western Front.
[5] In 1885 England was for a time on the point of war with Russia. The outburst of feeling in India was the same then as in 1914, and should not have been forgotten.
[6] This Regiment, it may be noted, was named after Colonel Skinner, the founder of the Bengal Cavalry system. He was the son of a Scotch officer and a Rajputni girl, so he had fighting blood on both sides.
[7] See Appendix IV.
[8] See Appendix II.
[9] The inefficiency of German Cavalry in all but mass manœuvring was only what Henderson’s criticisms on their work in 1870 had already pointed out. See the ‘Science of War.’
[10] Lieutenant J. V. Dawson.
[11] “We” being the Indian Cavalry Corps.
[12] Privates J. Tracey and D. Pitman.