India, its Extent and Resources--Its Population--Its Invasion by Alexander--The beginning of the English Empire in India--The East India Company and its Officers--How the Empire was Extended--The Afghan Campaign of 1839-40-41--The Sikh War--Battle of Ferozeshah--The Norfolk Regiment amongst those who Safeguarded England's honour--Battle of Aliwal--The "Holy Boys" again Leading the way--The Burmese War--Our Sepoy Army and how it was treated--The Mutiny Predicted--The Commencement of the Mutiny in 1857--Comparative Numbers of Native and British Troops--Mungul Pandy, the First Mutineer--Fatal Indecision of our Commanders--The Revolting Scenes at Delhi--List of the People Killed by the Rebels--The Force that first encountered the Mutineers--Rapid Spread of the Mutiny--Nana Sahib's Proclamation--The Butchery of Women and Children--Delhi Captured and the Mutineers put to the sword, by a Norfolk Man, Sir Archdale Wilson--The Delhi Field Force and its killed and wounded--Vengeance exacted--Disarming Mutinous Regiments--Description of the Scene--Blowing Rebels from the Guns--The 10th (Lincolnshire) Regiment at Benares 251-300
The Task before Sir Colin Campbell--Disaster at Arrah--Relief by Major Eyre--Attempted Surprise at Agra--Short, sharp work--The Mutiny in Oude--Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell--The Fighting--Withdrawal of the Garrison--Return to Cawnpore--General Windham in Difficulties--Nana Sahib Defeated--Lucknow again Invested, and again Relieved--Sikhs and Ghoorkas Fighting on our side--Death of Captain Hodson--Flying Columns Formed--Our Loss in following the Mutineers--The Proclamation of Pardon--Disarming the Native Troops--The Mutineers at Meean-Meer--Jack Ketch and his Victims--The Outbreak on the Frontier in 1858--The 7th Royal Fusiliers at Peshawur--Native Thieves--A Forced March--Encounter with the Enemy--A Truce--Hostilities Resumed--Bravery of the Ghoorkas--The Fusiliers Return to Ferozepore--March to Saugor (Central India)--Ravages of Cholera--Personal Opinion as to the Natives of India--The Ways, Manners and Customs of the People--Taking the Census--The Steps taken to Prevent another Mutiny--Letters from India 301-379
List of Battles Fought by Land between 1704 and 1882, showing Date when each was Fought, the Number we Lost, the supposed Number of the Enemy's Loss, the Regiments that Fought them, and a few Remarks upon some of them--First Action of the 15th Hussars--A Gallant Regiment of Tailors--Singular Description of a Deserter, from _London Gazette_, 1689--An Account of the Rise of the late Duke of Wellington--Loss of each Regiment on the Field of Waterloo--Some of the Duke's Letters about the Field of Waterloo--Napoleon and the French Press--The British Amazon 380-416