Chapter L: 1901–2–3--Second Army Corps District (3)

[267] The invariable answer in the East, where nobody does anything to-day that can be left till to-morrow.

[268] Some officers, seeing little chance of promotion to be gained by serving in the Egyptian Army, got employment on the British Army Staff. I offered Colonel Wynne such a post, but he declined, saying: “I have a definite Command, and feel bound to hold it until the Expedition returns Northwards.”

[269] Now Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean.

[270] Now Major-General Sir Holled Smith, K.C.B.

[271] I had purchased every Native cargo vessel working on the Nile, north of Merowi.

[272] Now Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.

[273] Now commanding at Colchester.

[274] Captain Lord Charles Beresford, to chief of Staff, 10th December 1884: “Colonel Wynne’s organisation here is perfect. I suggest he be made Captain of Cataracts.... Do not see any chance of a block here if all is left to Wynne.”

[275] Now Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham.

[276] Lord Wolseley to Sir Evelyn Wood: “Remain to see the desert posts cleared out yourself, an operation requiring wise calculation and a good military head. I have every confidence in your doing this difficult job well and quickly.”

[277] I was advised by one of the first surgeons in London, whom I consulted on my return, that I should never get another nail, but Mr. Bader, the oculist, who was a warm personal friend of mine, discredited this opinion, and said if I kept the finger plastered up long enough a new nail would grow, and he was right.

[278] _Vide_ page 468. The same officer.

[279] We had boots sent out to the desert, but vanity causes the Briton to wear at home boots a size too small for him, and the men with swollen feet could not get on those they would have worn in England.

[280] Now Lieutenant-General Sir J. D. French, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

[281] Died from the effect of a bite from a panther while in command of the Madras Army.

[282] He wrote to me, Cairo, 18th March 1885: “You will be able to carry away the conviction that you did all that mortal man could do to make an army out of very indifferent material. I shall never forget all the support and assistance you gave me during a period of very great difficulty....” And as Lord Cromer, 5th October 1892: “I do not want to go to India; if, however, I were to go I should prefer you to be Commander-in-Chief to anyone else.”

[283] Extract from despatch, sent by Lord Wolseley to the Secretary of State for War:--

“CAIRO, _15th June 1885_.

“Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., was the
General of Communications, and brought the utmost zeal to bear
upon the arduous and difficult duties of that position. Our line
of communications by rail, river, and desert, from Alexandria
to Gubat, was about 1500 miles in length. The responsibility of
supervising it was great, but, thanks to Sir E. Wood’s ability and
energy, and to the efficient support he received from the large
staff of officers under his command, the army operating in the
front was well fed and provided with all it required. The officers
and men of the Egyptian army, under General Wood’s immediate
orders, worked along this line with indefatigable earnestness, and
with the best possible results to the welfare of the Expedition.

[284] Warren’s _Ten Thousand a Year_.

[285] Each unit taking it in turn for three months.

[286] This discussion lasted from the time Sir Garnet Wolseley joined the Horse Guards Staff, after the Red River Expedition, till 1904, when a Chief of the General staff was appointed. The Duke of Cambridge’s opposition to any change was shared by many of his contemporaries. General Sir John Michel, who was singularly broad-minded, opposed it. In the 1872 Manœuvres, from my accident I was unable to ride until the last few days, so undertook the office work of both branches. One evening Sir John Michel was arguing the point against his two Senior Officers, Colonel A. Herbert[287] and Sir Garnet Wolseley, and as neither disputant would give way, Sir John, to terminate the discussion, said, “There is no overlapping of work where Staff officers are properly trained, as I’ll show you.--Here’s Wood who has done all our writing, we’ll leave it to him. Tell me, Wood, have I ever in the last three weeks made a single mistake in addressing the Adjutant-General, when I should have written Quartermaster-General, or the reverse?” I owed much to Sir John, but had to speak the truth: “Sir, I cannot recall a single day when you have not made mistakes.”

[287] Later, Sir Arthur Herbert, Quartermaster-General.

[288] Now a General officer on the Staff.

[289] General Sir John Ardagh, K.C.B.

[290] Lord Wolseley, when informing me privately the matter was settled, wrote: “And I hope you may be as successful in teaching soldiers at Aldershot as you have been at Colchester.”

[291] Now Major-General Sir Charles Parsons, commanding at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[292] Now Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hildyard, Commanding Troops in South Africa.

[293] Now General Sir C. Mansfield Clarke, Bart., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta.

[294] Now Major-General Sir Charles Parsons, K.C.B.

[295] Extract from a private letter to Sir Evelyn Wood from Brigadier-General Rimington, one of the most successful Light Cavalry Leaders, who commanded a mounted column in the Boer War, dated Heilbron, O.R.C., 5.8.01: “Nearly all our work is done at night, and we have not yet made a night march without a fairly good result.”

[296] This has since been changed.

[297] He died when commanding a Division in India.

[298] The contractor became a Bankrupt.

[299] Lieutenant-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett told me in 1868, that to a committee in the early 60’s on which he served, it was clearly shown that on one Station all non-commissioned officers and men on duty received various sums from the forage contractors, down to the orderly officer’s batman, who received 1s. 6d. per diem.

[300] Now Lieutenant-General C. J. Burnett, C.B.

[301] The War Office system of centralisation was shown markedly by a Paymaster’s conduct in this case. I received several telegrams suggesting I should give way to the contractors’ demands, rather than risk a failure of supply; and when I declined, I was asked if I was prepared to accept the full responsibility of feeding the Troops. I answered in the affirmative. On the 30th May, sending for a Paymaster, I ordered him to give me a cheque for £1700. He absolutely refused to do so, without War Office authority. However, when I told him to go away under arrest for disobedience, and to send me the next senior Paymaster, he wrote the cheque.

[302] Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hildyard, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief in South Africa.

[303] Now Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, K.C.B.

[304] Sir C. Mansfield Clarke, Bart, G.C.B., now Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Malta.

[305] Now General Sir John French, K.C.B., commanding at Aldershot.

[306] In discussing a possible successor to the Aldershot Command, he wrote, 6th October 1889: “It would be a real calamity to the Army that you should leave it.”

[307] Now Lieutenant-General C. J. Burnett, C.B.

[308] As indeed I have often been, but may say now that its statements, and awkward questions, have enabled me, since I became a General, to check many undesirable practices.

[309] Now the General commanding at Aldershot.

[310] On the 2nd October 1891: “No man has in my time effected more useful Military work than you, and the Army is beginning to realise this as fully as I do.”

[311] Such rigidity of movement was suitable to the smooth-bore musket, “Brown Bess,” used in the Peninsular, armed with which our troops embarked for the East, in 1854, and which the 4th Division still carried at the Alma, as sufficient Minie rifles had not been issued to equip it. Unfortunately in the eighties all the Heads of the Army had not, like Higginson, appreciated the history of the Campaigns of 1866, 1870–71, and the bloody lessons around Plevna in 1877.

[312] Now Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton, K.C.B., Southern Command.

[313] Killed in the Boer War.

[314] He wrote to me from Boston, U.S.: “These two books give descriptions which are realistic and modern. In my judgment, you are quite alone in this, and also in giving unbiassed descriptions of facts.”

[315] Now Major-General and Q.M.G. in India.

[316] Now Brigadier-General H. Lawson, C.B.

[317] Parliamentary Debates--16th March 1896. Supply in Committee--Army Estimates 1897:--“The Quartermaster-General, Sir Evelyn Wood, has in the last two years produced an annual saving of £21,000, on a not very large vote, by systematising transport of stores.” And again, 12th February 1897:--“Sir Evelyn Wood has succeeded in making arrangements to send soldiers by the shortest route, and to give the discharged soldier free conveyance to his selected place of residence.”

[318] “Despite these concessions, by a most careful economy in conveyance of stores, etc., Sir Evelyn Wood shows a reduction on the vote apart from special services on the manœuvres. The Vote was £329,000 in 1895–6, £309,000 in 1896–7, and £281,000 in the present year. This is, I think, peculiarly satisfactory.”

[319] Supply, 19th February 1897. Mr. Powell Williams, Financial Secretary, in reply said: “With regard to Land Transport, a sum of £13,000 had been saved under this head, owing to the Quartermaster-General having made satisfactory arrangements with the Railway Companies.”

[320] Extract from Diary: 10.1.96--Up at 4 a.m. Left St. Pancras by 1st train.

[321] See pp. 16, 17, _Official History of the War in South Africa, 1899–1902_. By Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, K.C.B.

[322] Major Milton was not only a clever instructor, but a first-class fighting man, who always carried his troops to the Front. The two companies under his command at Belmont, on the 10th November 1899, lost two officers killed and two wounded, and when he fell, showing a grand example, on the 11th December, the three companies under him, comprising 13 officers, had lost six killed and six wounded. Captain E. M. FitzG. Wood being the only surviving Duty officer who had served with Major Milton throughout the month’s operations.

[323] My eldest son, now Major and D.S.O., Royal Dragoons.

[324] Major-General the Hon. Sir F. Stopford, K.C.M.G., C.B. commanding the Home District.

[325] The pressure may be gauged by the fact that whereas in other years I had taken for hunting purposes forty-six of the sixty days’ leave granted to a Staff officer, yet with the same number of horses I took twelve days only that hunting season.

[326] I had previously, on hearing Redvers Buller had gone to Natal, telegraphed and written to him my anxiety to serve under and assist him in any way I could. In reply, he wrote: “Frere Camp, 27th December 1899.--Your telegram offering to come and serve under me was a very great compliment to me, and also a temptation.... I was twice on the point of telegraphing from Cape Town to ask that you might come out, and then I thought it was not fair to ask you to come and undertake a job that I in my heart thought only doubtfully possible.”

[327] The British army had 2½ guns for 1000 sabres and bayonets. On the Continent, armies had 4 or 5 guns for 1000 men.

[328] He came under my notice in February 1885 at Gakdul, where he arrived on a camel from Abu Klea, with an amputated leg, and I have never forgotten his cheerful demeanour, with the prospect of another 100 miles’ journey to the Nile, which I endeavoured to make as little painful as possible.

[329] Letter from Major-General Sir George Marshall, K.C.B., general officer commanding the Artillery:--

“I thank you very sincerely for all the assistance you have given us in so promptly supplying all our heavy demands in the Artillery, in men and horses, since we came out. I can assure you that the feeling of Gunners is one of amazement and admiration at such a large force of Field Artillery being sent out so efficiently and promptly. We owe you much for all you did to make us Shoot, and improving our Tactical efficiency, and now when we succeed we give you the praise and gratitude.”

[330] I put in 64 hours a week in office, besides what I did at home, making up the time after an occasional day’s hunting, by working till after midnight.

[331] Now Brigadier-General.

[332] I had ridden the horse for a year or so, my friend Colonel Tollner, who is the best judge I ever met, having purchased it for me at £30 out of the Woolwich Drag Hunt, where it had been ridden by a succession of Subalterns who desired to qualify for Horse Artillery. Hounds no sooner broke covert than the little horse, for he was small, invariably tried to travel faster than I wanted. In a run of thirty-five minutes he got away with me after every fence, until exhausted I left hounds, and I never controlled him until I covered bit and snaffle with gutta-percha, on which he would not close his teeth. The horse had never before given me a fall, although he had occasionally been very nearly down, for being unusually sagacious with all his high courage, he generally contrived to land on his feet. On one occasion, led by the ex-master of the Essex hounds, Mr. Loftus Arkwright, we were galloping to the west of Parndon Wood, near Harlow, and approached a gate which was locked and chained. My companions went a hundred yards down, and then pressed slowly through a hedge with high growers. This was impossible for me, without grave risk to my eyes, and so riding the horse up to the gate, I put his head over it, that he might see that the field bridge beyond was broken down, and covered over with faggots, and then taking him back fifty yards I let him go. The horse’s usual habit at timber was to rise straight up in the air, but he was so clever that on this occasion, “spreading himself,” he cleared the broken bridge by two feet.

[333] The best lady “on any horse” to hounds in the Essex Hunt.

[334] “What a magnificent production is the British Infantry soldier. I thought as he went by, tattered and torn, black and greasy, bearded and filthy, on the squares of Johannesburg and Pretoria, how much the British nation owes to him and the officers who made him. I shall never forget the scene at these two places for the remainder of my lifetime; it was worth all the hardships of this war to have been privileged to be present.”

[335] On the following 2nd May I received an order that all officers attending the Royal Academy dinner were to appear in full dress uniform, so I duly passed it on to a General who I knew had received an invitation. Late in the afternoon I received a telegram cancelling the orders which had been issued to me, not only by the Adjutant-General but by the private secretary of the Commander-in-Chief. I was unable to communicate with my General, who was the only person in uniform, but was much less annoyed than most of us would have been, while I was amused at the excitement of a court official who highly disapproved of officers appearing as such at this function.

The dinner was to me very pleasant, as I sat between the Dean of Westminster and Mr. Ouless, the Royal Academician, who were both delightful companions. Mr. Ouless capped my story of the corporal recognising me as an officer by my bad language when I was lying wounded under the Redan in 1855, by telling us one of an artist, celebrated as etcher and author, who was walking one winter’s day on Hampstead Heath, and passing near one of the ponds, which was frozen over, he saw a crowd collected round it watching a small dog, which having ventured on the ice, had fallen through into the water. The ice was just so strong it could not get out, and yet would not support its weight. The excited owner was shouting, “Half a crown for anyone who will save my dog.” The artist plunged in, and having rescued the animal put it down on the edge of the pond and started running at top speed towards his house at Highgate. He heard a panting man behind him, but fearing rheumatism ran on to change his clothes, till the man caught him up, shouting, “Hi, hi,” and as he reached him called out, “Here’s your money.” Mr. Ouless’ friend being very cold and cross said, “Damn you! Damn your dog; damn your half-crown.” The man touched his cap and said, “Beg your pardon, sir. I didn’t know you was a gentleman.”

[336] Copy of letter to the Military Secretary:--

“_1st February 1901._

“MY DEAR GROVE,--I have thought over your query, ‘If Lord Roberts
invited you, would you go out to South Africa and serve under Lord
Kitchener?’ I do not think the fact that Kitchener joined me in
1883 as a Lieutenant, when I was raising the Egyptian Army, should
influence my decision. If it is thought I can serve our Country by
going out, I will willingly go, and serve under Kitchener on the
following assumptions: (_a_) If I am not killed, I come back here
if I so desire, and that my South Africa time is not deducted. This
was done in Lord Wolseley’s case, (_b_) That if Lord Kitchener
becomes a casualty, no one junior to me shall come out to supersede
me.”

[337] Copy of letter to Lord Kitchener:--

“_1st October 1901._

“MY DEAR KITCHENER,--As I am now out of office, I can unburden
my mind on the subject on which I have long desired to write
to you, but I did not feel justified in doing so when I was
Adjutant-General. I saw a very generous telegram from you relative
to the proposition that I should go to South Africa to serve under
your orders. I do not suppose you would ever have thought I was
doing anything to try and inconvenience you in any way, but I
should like you to know from me that the suggestion that I should
go out did not emanate from me in any way, as will be seen by the
answer which I gave to Sir Coleridge Grove when the proposition was
made. Please regard this as confidential between you and--Yours
very sincerely,

“(Signed) EVELYN WOOD.”

[338] Three times mentioned in Despatches.

[339] “It has been most carefully threshed out by the A.G. The proposed Reports seem to me to be all that can be desired, and I recommend their immediate adoption.”

[340] Now Major-General J. Grierson, C.B., C.M.G.

[341] By Charles Dickens.

[342] See page 553.

[343] Who was also Assistant Military Secretary.

INDEX

Ababdeh Arabs, 501.

Abatis, 92.

Abbassieh, 479, 485.

Abbaye, 261.

Abbey Field, Colchester, 503.

Abdin Palace, 476.

Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 29.

Aboukir, 29.

Abrakampa, 263, 272.

Abu-Hamed, 42.

Abu Klea, 481, 492, 494, 567.

Abyssinia, 227.

Academy, Royal Military, Woolwich, 395.

Accassi, King, Queen, 274.

Acting Governor, Natal, 466.

Adelphi Hotel, 229.

Aden, camel men, 497, 498.

Adjutant-General, 427, 506, 514, 579.

” appointment, 559.

Administration, Faulty, 582.

Administrator of Transvaal, 391, 432.

Admiral “overboard again,” 523.

Advocate General Judge, 233.

Adye, Sir John, 472.

_Agamemnon_, H.M.S., 27.

Agar, 149.

Agram, 213.

Ahmednagar, 136.

Aide-de-camp, 507, 583.

Airey, Lord, 206.

Ajmír, 127, 158.

Akim, King, 263.

Albert, Prince Consort, 206.

Albuera, 250, 502, 511.

Alcock, 291.

Alcohol, Abuse of, 113.

Aldershot, 221, 224, 229, 231, 232, 233, 236, 289, 290, 355, 356, 385,
410, 512, 513, 525, 529, 535, 540, 541, 544, 545, 550, 561,
572, 585.

Aldershot, General Officer Commanding, 573.

” central gymnasium, 579.

Alexandria, 466, 467, 471, 479.

Algebra, Todhunter’s, 209.

Algiers, 11.

Alhambra, 512, 560.

Ali Jaroor, 161.

Alice Holt, 244.

Alison, Sir Archibald, 511, 512.

All Saints, 242.

Allan, Bridge of, 248.

Allen, Sergt., Death of, 382, 386.

Alleyne, Colonel James, 527, 543.

Allied Fleets, 18, 20.

Alma, “Brown Bess” at, 542.

” River, 31, 543.

Amahwenkwee Regiment, 401.

Amanquatsia, 269.

Amatolas, 327, 329, 348, 405.

Amberg, Van, 24.

Ambiguous telegrams, The Cabinet’s, 434.

Amet, 160.

Ammunition Column, Divisional, 545.

Anatolia Recruits, 586.

Andoo, Quacoe, 263, 264, 285.

Andros, 17.

Annexation, Transvaal, 427, 428, 429, 430.

Annual Army Rifle Meeting, 544, 545.

Antiquated Military Exercises, 571.

Arabi, The Egyptian, 470.

Arabian Nights, 146.

Arabic language, 477.

Arabists, 470.

Árangábád, 124, 166, 167, 168.

Aravalli Range, 158.

Arbitrator in Egypt, 492.

Ardagh, General Sir John, 510, 511, 512, 548.

_Arethusa_, H.M.S., 21, 22.

Arithmetic, 510.

Arkwright, Loftus, M.F.H., 569.

Arlington Manor, 534.

Armistice, 437.

Army Council, 553.

” Discipline, 577.

” Order, 199.

” Service Corps, 553.

Arnau, Marshal, 31.

Arroyo dos Molinos, 237.

Artillery, 153, 516, 530, 566.

” in South Africa, training to shoot with rifle, 573.

Ascension, 406.

Ascot, 225, 290.

Ashanti, 254, 273, 274, 285, 288.

” Expedition, 497.

Ashantiland, 532.

Asia Minor, 18.

“Assaye” Barracks, 583.

Asseerghur, 123, 125, 126, 127.

_Assistance_, H.M.S., 550.

Assuan fortified, 489.

_Atalanta_, H.M.S., 15.

Attorney, Cork, 13.

Attorney-General Holker, 414.

Australia, Commandant-General, 507.

Auxiliary Forces, School of Instruction, 254.

Aveley, Essex, 406.

Ayr, 247.

Ayrshire, 120.

Baba Bhut, 194, 195.

Babington, Captain, A.D.C., 515, 520.

Bacaland, 324, 326.

Bacas, Chief of, 326.

Bacon’s (Lord), recommendation, 528.

Badajos, 31;
visited, 511.

Bader, Mr., 495.

Bailie’s grave, 299, 300, 303, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313.

Baker Pasha, Valentine, 479, 481, 488.

” T. D., Colonel, 278, 280.

Balaklava, 25, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 60, 63, 64, 65.

Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur, 547, 554, 563.

” of Burleigh, 180.

Baljic, 26, 28.

Balmoral, Visit to, 409, 481.

Baltazzi, the Misses, 99.

Balte Spruit, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 363, 365, 390, 391.

Bansha, 111.

Banswarra, 148.

Baptist persuasion, Lady Wood helps, 539.

Barber, Mr., 305.

Barbour, murder of, 436, 444.

Barcelona visited, 511, 512.

Baréli, Levy, 178.

Baring, Sir Evelyn, 482, 484, 500.

Baroda, 148.

Barode, 152, 153, 154.

Barracks, names of, 513.

Barsad, 194.

Bartolozzi, engraver, 4.

Barton, Captain, 344, 345, 346, 350, 361, 372, 373, 374, 375, 389,
420.

” Robert, 243.

Base in Natal, 396.

Basingstoke (manœuvring ground), 540.

Bassano, Marquis de, 416.

Basset, Mr., 509.

Bastei, 212, 213.

Bastion, Central, 36.

Basuto, 314.

Basutos, 395, 463.

Bath, Order of the, 405.

Bath, Somersetshire, 588.

Battalion Scottish Rifles, 563.

Battery, Black, 50.

Bautzen, 146.

“Bawabbas,” 461.

Bayard, Mr., Ambassador, 548.

Bayuda Desert, 494.

Bazaar, Master, 146.

Beaconsfield, Lord, 294, 410, 411, 412.

_Beagle_, H.M.S., 62.

Beatson’s Horse, 166, 170, 178, 181, 184, 203.

Beaufort, Fort, 295, 296, 298, 313, 314, 315, 431.

Bedford, 3rd Bn., 245.

Beicos Bay, 18.

Belfast, Land League, 415, 502.

Belhus, 228, 408, 554.

Bell, Canon, 509.

_Bellerophon_, H.M.S., 28, 55.

Belmont, Lieutenant Wood, 562.

Bemba’s Kop, 380.

Benson, Colonel, 145, 146.

Berber, 482, 483.

Beresford, Lord Charles, 489, 491.

Berkshire Downs, 531, 534.

Berkshire Regiment, 1st, 469.

Berlin, Schudi Pasha, 477.

Bersia, 135, 168, 169, 180, 185, 187, 190, 191.

Betul, 127.

Betwa, River, 136.

Beumbei, Hotel at, 446, 456, 457.

Beyah, 258.

Bezeidenhout, 426.

Bhopál, 127, 145, 187.

Biden, John, 510.

Biggarsberg, 428, 429, 432, 447.

Bigge, Lieutenant Arthur, 325, 379, 415, 419, 420, 421.

Bikaneer, 158.

Bilko, 176.

Biora, 134, 164, 165.

Bishop’s Stortford, 231.

Bishund Dhutt, 194, 195.

Black Battery, 50.

” Sea, 18, 27.

” Umvolosi, 359.

“Black Watch,” 492.

Blackett, Sir William, 88.

Blackmore Vale, 582, 586.

Blair, Lieutenant, 187.

Blake, Captain, R.M.L.T., 253, 287.

” ” R.N., 261.

Blake Stopper, 19.

Blandford, 104.

Blarney, 224.

Blenheim, 215.

Blewitt, John, 77.

Blood River, 329, 348, 349, 386, 418, 419, 420.

Blumenthal, General, 579.

Boat, My, 12.

Boer flag at Heidelberg, 442.

” leaders, 441.

” Republic, 462.

” War, 554.

Boers, 363, 437, 555.

Bombay, 119, 120, 168.

” Command of, offered, 529.

” Rifles, 159.

Bonny men, 262, 278.

” Prince Charles, 262.

Bonny River, 262.

Booth, Sergeant, 359.

Boots, too small, 497.

Bosphorus, 17, 21, 58, 99.

Bosquet, General, 51.

Bothwell, Sergeant, 180.

Bowker, Mr., 305, 313, 314.

Boxer, Captain, 65.

Boys, brave or cowards, 510.

Brabant, Captain, 297, 299, 304, 306, 308, 309, 310.

Brack, de, Colonel, 120.

Brackenbury, Captain, 259.

” General Sir Hews, 480.

Bradford, E.R.C. Lieutenant, 142, 181, 187, 189, 190, 192, 195, 196,
197.

” Sir Edward, 590.

Bradley, Dean, 510.

Bradshaw, Captain, 365.

Brahman, 125.

Braintree, 4.

Bramshill, 222.

Brand, President, 427, 431, 436, 439, 441, 448.

Brazils, 3.

Brewer for canteen, 505.

Brigade, 4th, Egypt, 469.

” of Cavalry prepared on paper, 555.

” team of Guards, 356.

Bright, Arthur, 346, 382, 386.

Brighton, 221, 232.

Brindisi, 482.

Brindle, Father, 489, 493, 494.

Briscoe, Captain, 482.

_Brisk_, H.M.S., 562.

Britain, Great, 117.

_Britannia_, H.M.S., 25.

British India Steamship Company, 532.

” rations, 42,000 at Dongola, 491.

Brixton, Plymouth, 1.

Brodrick, Mr., M.P., 558, 578, 585, 593, 594.

Brooke, Sir Victor, 241.

“Brown Bess” at Alma, 542.

” General Sir George, 25, 31.

” Trooper, V.C., 373.

” Trumpeter, 151.

Buckingham Palace, medal parade, 577.

Buckle, George, Private, R.M.L.I., 24.

” Major C., 597.

Buffalo Mountains, 302.

” Poort, 300, 311.

” Range, 297, 298, 299, 300.

” River, 296, 300, 339, 348, 349, 463.

Bugler, A brave, 66.

Bugler’s opinion, 413.

Bukra (to-morrow), 487.

Bulford Camp, 587.

Bulganac, 27, 30.

Buller, Redvers, Major, 296, 304, 318, 319, 320.

” ” Colonel, 307.

” ” Sir, 267.

” ” V.C., 322, 344, 346, 247, 350, 351, 361, 366, 367,
368, 369, 371, 372, 374, 379, 380, 383, 388,
390, 392, 394, 396, 400, 403, 404, 405, 419,
440, 450, 463, 464, 473, 494, 495, 518, 546,
557, 561, 564.

” Sir Edward, 415.

Bundelas, 127.

Burgers, troop of forty, 351.

Burgesses, 465.

Burgoyne, Sir John Fox, Field Marshal, 13, 253.

” Hugh, 13, 62.

Burial service under fire, 371.

Burke, Sergeant-Major, 42.

Burmadeen Singh, 172, 180, 184, 186, 193, 198.

Burnett, Captain C., 277.

” Colonel, 526, 527, 531.

” General, 506.

Burns Hill, 312, 315.

Burrups, Natal, 463.

Burwanee, 147.

Butcher, Mr., M.P., 443.

Butler, William, Major, 274.

” ” Colonel, 294, 295.

Butser Hill, 540.

Cabinet, 412, 434, 484.

Cæsar’s Camp, 242.

” Commentaries, 240.

Cahir, 110, 111.

Cairo, 474, 475, 479, 482, 501.

Calcutta, 197, 199, 201.

Calverley and Rorke, Colonists, 361.

Camberley, 4.

Cambridge, Duke of, 246.

Camel men, Desert, 498.

Cameronians, 249.

Campbell, Captain Ronald, 357, 364, 367, 368, 370, 371, 373, 376, 391,
409, 416, 419.

” Colin, 63.

Canada, 207.

Canning, Lord, 183, 196.

Canrobert, General, 25.

Canteen regulations, 506.

Canteens, Reforms in, 502.

Cape Coast Castle, 260.

Cape of Good Hope, 4, 12.

Cape Matapan, 17.

Cape Smoke, 306.

Cape Tarkan, 29.

Cape Town, 118, 295, 317, 417, 426, 428.

_Captain_, H.M.S., loss of, 15.

Carcases, 100 years old, 78.

Cardigan, Lord, 113.

Cardwell, Mr., M.P., 256.

Careenage Ravine, 37.

Carlton Club, 557.

Carnarvon, Earl of, 539.

Caroline, Queen, 25.

Castle Rising, 473.

Castlereagh, Viscount, 436.

_Catalonia_ ss., 469.

Cathcart, Sir George, General, 239, 297, 311.

Catherine, Empress, 504.

Catholic Army candidates, 548.

Catholic Emancipation, 203.

Cator, Susan, 108.

Cats (Manx) have no tails, 468.

Cattle, The Royal Zulu Coronation white, 400.

Cavalry, Heavy, tunics, 355.

” manœuvres, 534.

” Native, 137.

“Cave Canem,” 208.

Cawdor Castle, 408.

Cawdor, Lord, 409.

Central India, 127.

Cetewayo, 329, 330, 342, 348, 349, 250, 359, 361, 363, 367, 388, 393,
400, 417, 421, 463.

Chads, Captain, 7.

Chaka, 355.

Chambal River, 155, 157, 161.

Chambers, Colonel, 119.

Chancellor, the Lord, 414.

Channel, 106.

Chaplain-General, 560, 593.

Chartered Company, 555.

Charteris, Captain, The Hon., 259.

Charwoman, A sagacious, 571.

Chatham, 415, 460, 465, 466, 472.

Chelmsford, Lord, 347, 349, 363, 364, 366, 372, 378, 385, 387, 392,
393, 398, 400, 401, 403.

Chemmun Singh, 177, 180, 181.

Chenwassa, 161.

Chermside, Captain, 476.

Cherry, Major, 317.

Chesham’s (Lord) Yeomanry, 559.

Chesney, Colonel C., 215.

Chicheeli, 374, 375, 420.

Chief Justice, Natal, 432.

Chifney Rush, 133.

Childers, Hugh, M.P., 436, 453, 462, 467, 468, 471, 472.

Chilmark Rectory in Wiltshire, 561.

China, 582.

Chinese, 573.

” servant, 563.

Chislehurst, 395.

Chobham, Telegraph Battalion at, 529.

Cholera, 26, 28, 76.

Christmas Day, soldiers’ changes for, 525, 536.

” 17, 62, 201.

Chunda, 170.

Chuppra, 154.

Church Parade on service, 370.

” 211.

” Wardens, 242.

Circassian chief, 66.

Clark, Major, 487.

Clarke, Brigadier-General Mansfield, 520, 528, 538.

” General Sir Stanley, 101, 113, 120, 211.

Cleland, Colonel, 249, 250.

Clement, Reynold, 101, 113, 211.

Clery, Major, 337, 345.

Climate of Crimea, 57, 58.

Clones, 217, 226, 227, 241.

” Market, 502.

Clowes, Lieutenant, 263.

Clyde, Lord, 63.

Coal fatigues, 528.

Code, Napoleon, 447.

Colbert, 411.

Colchester, 289, 504, 512, 513, 517.

Colebrooke, 241.

Colenso, 434.

” Bishop, 359, 460, 461.

Colenso’s Arithmetic, 510.

College Staff, 207, 208, 233, 290.

” Wellington, 292, 294.

Colley, Sir George, 294, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 435,
438, 439, 462.

Collingwood, Lord, 12.

Colonial Office, 373, 467.

” forces, Command of, 321.

Colonists, tribute to, 465.

Colony of Natal, 464.

Colossa, Transkei, 323.

Colvin, Sir Auckland, 475.

Commandant Colonial Forces, 321.

” Netley Hospital, 587.

” General, Cape Colony, 441.

Commander, Our, 333.

” H.M.S. _Queen_, 32, 33.

Commander-in-Chief, disapproves of night marches, 513.

” 235, 468, 521, 564, 567, 572, 573, 579.

Commanding Officers’ Quarters at Tidworth, 583.

Commerell, Sir John, 255.

” Admiral, Sir E., 523.

Commissariat, 126.

” in 1879, 394.

Commissary General, 423.

Commission, The High, 1881, 443.

Commodore, 32.

Company system, 513.

” training, 518.

Complimentary Honours, 408.

Connaught, Duke of, 543, 559.

Conolly, Doctor, 495.

Consort, Prince, 206.

Constantine, Fort, 25.

Constantinople, 18, 20.

Consul-General, Egypt, 481, 482, 493.

Continental Staff Officers, duties of, 562.

Contracts, Director of, 545.

Cookery, School of, 531.

Coomassie, 269, 277, 285, 286.

Cork, Lord, 112–117, 289, 545.

Corn Circular, 526.

Cornwall, 4.

Corunna, Visit to, 402.

Cost of manœuvres, £7000, 344.

Cotton, Dr., 7.

Council, Military education of, 290.

Couper, Mr., 199.

Court Martial, 17.

Cowling, Robert, 10.

Craven, Earl of, 543.

Crealock, Colonel North, 373, 524.

Crease, Colonel, 533.

Cressing, 4.

Crime statistics, 504.

Crimea, 22, 106, 251.

Croft, West, 2.

Cromer, Lord, 500.

Cronje’s treachery, 443.

Cross, Victoria, 114.

Crozier, Mr. J., M.F.H., 547.

Crutchley, Colonel C., 567.

Cuffe, Surgeon-Major, 345.

Cumberland dialect, 473.

_Curiosity Shop, The Old_, 590.

Curragh, 113, 115.

” Kildare of, 219.

Cyclades, 17.

Cycle, Learnt to, 556.

Cyclists, Training of, 535.

Cyprus, Acquisition of, 410.

_Daily News_, 46.

Dalhousie, Lord, 199.

Dalserf, Manse of, 289.

Dalyell, Lieutenant, 139, 210.

Daniel Lysons, Sir, 254, 293.

Daniel, R. N., 41, 42, 51, 62, 75, 84, 89, 96, 101, 114.

Danube, Mouth of, 28.

Darfour, 483.

Dargai piper, 559, 560.

Dartmoor, 509, 586.

Date trees destroyed, 471.

D’Autemarre, General, 97.

David, 139, 210.

Davis, Colonel, 541.

Dawkins, Mr. Clinton, 574.

Dawson, Mr., Clearing House, 536.

“Day of Rest,” 478.

Debbeh, Command at, 498.

Debe Flats, 300, 311.

Decentralisation, 525.

Dehri, 191.

Dekham, 181.

Delagoa Bay, 446, 455, 457.

Delissert, Mons., 203, 212.

Departmental arrangements on Service, 525.

Deputy Adjutant-General, changed three times, 564.

Derby, Transvaal, 358.

Derby Dog, 212.

Dervishes, 485.

D’Estrées, Gabrielle, 411.

Destruction of our enemies, Drill for, 507.

Detachable magazine rifle, 506.

Devil’s Pass, Inhlobane, 419.

Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds, 589.

Dewlish, 211.

Dewud, 148.

Dhokul Singh, 132, 139, 140, 143, 147.

Diamond Fields Light Horse, 311.

_Diamond_, H.M.S., 25, 41, 46, 47, 49, 66.

Dickens, Charles, 446, 590.

Diet Sheets faulty, 595.

Digby, Lord, 593.

Digna, Osman, 481.

Dihlí, 118, 119, 121, 199.

” King of, 128.

Diogenes, 18.

Director of Contracts, 545.

” General of Military Intelligence, 572.

” ” ” Operations, 572.

Dirks Uys, 360.

Discharge Depôt at Gosport, 551.

“Dissent, My,” 449.

Division, 2nd Zululand, 365.

Divisional Ammunition Column, 545.

” Athletic Sports, Zululand, 355.

” Staff at Aldershot, 527.

Dockyard, Turkish, 20.

Dogmersfield Park, 243.

Döhne, Kabousie Nek, 248.

Dongola, 491.

Dorchester, 211.

Dormer, General, The Hon. J., 489.

Dorrien-Smith, 586.

Douglas, Lieutenant, 32, 38, 39, 41, 42, 47, 72.

Dover, 288.

Doyle, Canon, 227.

Drag Hounds, 580.

Drakensberg Mountains, 429.

Dream, a premonitory, 217.

Dresden, 212, 213.

Drill Book, 507, 539.

Drinking to excess, 13.

Dublin, 217

Duchess of Kent, 2.

Dufferin, Lord, 473, 475, 476, 477.

Duke of Kent, 2.

” Wellington, 172.

Dukwana, 321.

Duncan, Adjutant, 163.

” Major, 469, 476, 489.

Dunn, John, White Zulu, 456, 473.

Dunquah, 261.

Durban, 394, 428, 457, 464.

Durham Light Infantry, 514.

Durnford, Colonel, 464, 465.

Durrington, 561.

Dutchmen, 342, 441.

Earlston, Kirkcudbright, 119.

East Hampstead Park, drag line, 468.

East London, 296.

Eastman, 7.

Ebrington, Lieutenant-Colonel, Viscount, 589.

Edgecumbe, Lord Mount, 592.

Edgeware Road, accident in, 556.

Edison’s phonographic machine, “my voice like,” 461.

Edmonstone, Sir George, 199.

Eelmore Hill, 235, 236, 242, 243.

Egginassie, 274, 275.

Egypt, Charles Gordon’s journey there, 482.

Egyptian Army, raising of, 469, 474, 500.

” Officer, no value in epidemics, 479.

” soldiers, their good work, 493.

El Obeid, annihilation near, 481, 483.

El Teb, 481, 485.

Elbe, 212.

_Electra_, Sir John Pender’s yacht, 493.

Elgin’s (Lord) Royal Commission, 571.

Elliott, Major, Murder of, 436, 444, 447.

Elmina, 257, 258, 261, 262, 263, 267, 284.

Elsworthy, able seaman, 43, 44.

Ely, Lady, 409.

Eman Khan, 194.

Emancipation, Catholic, 203.

Emin Pasha, “not worth the search,” 533.

Emir Wad Rahma killed, 485.

Emperor, German, his visit, 521, 523, 531, 561.

England, going to, when cholera broke out, 479.

English horses, must be acclimatised, 453.

Epidemic, 479.

Epping, accident near, 578.

Epsom, 290.

Esaughur, 135.

Essaman, 259.

Essevie, Quamina, 263, 264, 265, 278, 284.

Essex, Honours from county, 408.

” Hounds, 569.

” Hunt, a wounded sportsman, 578.

” Stag Hounds, 224.

Euclid, 204.

Eugénie, Empress, 374, 415, 417, 423, 468, 538, 581.

Eupatoria, 27.

Eurasians, 165.

European Infantry, 129.

_Eurydice_, loss of, 15.

Evatt, Surgeon-General, 582, 594, 595.

Everitt, saved by Redvers Buller, 389.

Eversley, 210.

Examination, 7.

” Tactics in, 291.

Expedition against Sekukuni negatived, 393.

Eyre, Arthur, 248, 257, 263, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 322.

” Colonel, 322.

” Sir William, 248, 321.

_Fairy_, H.M.S., 16.

_Faisoo_, 270.

Faisowah, 269–270.

Faku, 329, 333, 338, 417.

Fanshawe, Captain H. D., 515.

Fanti, Christmas dinner in, 532.

Farewell dinners, 465, 481.

Farewell, Sir George, 269–270.

Farnborough Grange, 245.

Farnborough Station, lunch sent to, 520.

Farquharson’s, Mr., Hounds, 104.

Father, My, 508.

Fatigues lessened, 528.

Federation Colonies, Australia, 507.

Fellaheen conscripts, 486.

Fenton, Sir Miles, 536.

Filter, Rev. Mr., 329.

Finglas, Dublin, 219.

Fingoe’s Kraal, 339.

Fingoes, 298, 302, 304, 308, 311, 312, 313, 314, 319, 324.

Finlay, Surgeon-Major, 538.

_Firebrand_, H.M.S., 33, 34.

Firoz Shah, 148, 161, 168, 195.

“First gun off,” 516.

Fish River Bush, 321.

Fishmongers’ Company, 406, 547.

Fitzgerald, Lord, 203.

Flanders, soldiers’ language in, 236.

Fleets, Allied, 18, 20.

“Flying Column,” 393, 394, 396, 400, 404.

Fog in Black Sea, 22.

Folkestone, arrival at, 109.

Fontainebleau, 109.

Forage contractors raise demands, 526.

Fordham, George, 133.

Foreign Legion, 115.

” Service, soldiers leaving for, 537.

Forlorn Hope at Badajos, 31.

Forstchen, 214.

Fort Beaufort, 295, 316.

” Constantine, 25.

” Hare (Alice), 317.

Fortescue, Colonel, 443.

Fowler, Private, 370, 381.

Fox Hills, Rifle ranges move, 530.

Fox, Private, my servant, 335.

Fractious, 230.

Franco-Prussian War, Lonsdale Hale’s knowledge of, 518.

Frazer, Major, 455, 463, 464, 475.

Frederick the Great, 212.

French, Major, 497, 528, 535.

French at Staff College, 209.

Frere, Sir Bartle, 325, 330, 332, 346, 359, 364, 372, 405, 406, 410,
411, 412, 417, 425, 426, 532.

Frontier Light Horse, 322, 356, 389, 390.

Frost, Commandant, 304, 306, 308.

Fund Insurance Beatson’s Horse, 185, 194, 199.

_Furious_, H.M.S., 31.

Furse, Captain, 270, 281.

Fusilier Brigade, 250.

Fyz Ali Khan Beatson’s Horse, 194.

Gaikas, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 312,
313, 314, 317, 319, 320, 321, 328, 385, 414.

Gakdul Desert, 489, 494, 495, 567.

Gale, great, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.

Galekas, 297, 298.

Garaispur, 145.

Garrison, Aldershot, changed, 533.

” Artillery at Portsmouth, 356.

” ” Shotley, 404.

” Instruction, 289.

Garth’s Hounds, 545.

Gatling Gun, 273.

Gatlings, 401.

Gedareff, 485.

General Post Office, soldiers doing work of, 530.

“Gerade,” 473.

German at Staff College, 209.

” Emperor, 521, 522, 523, 531.

” Legion, 300.

Ghaut, Khandala, 118.

Gibraltar, 116, 519, 547, 559.

Gladstone, Mr., 436, 439, 442, 460, 461, 466, 472, 473.

” Mrs., 472.

Glamorganshire Yeomanry, 588.

Glasgow, 247.

Glassite, A., 295.

Glover, Sir John, 287.

Glyn, George, M.P., 253.

Gnonyama, Gaika chief, 298.

Golden Horn, 18.

Goodenough, Major, 245.

Goodwood, 290.

” Cup, 208.

Goona, 165, 187, 190, 193, 194.

Gordon, Boys’ Home, 533.

” Chinese, 473.

” Highlanders, 492.

” Lieutenant, 266, 271.

” Pasha, 482, 483, 484, 499.

” Relief Expedition, 490.

” Sir Henry, 484.

” Sir William, 119, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 131, 133, 138, 142,
151, 156, 162.

Gordon’s Hill, Sevastopol, 51.

Gosport, Discharge Depôt at, 551.

Gough, Captain The Hon. George, 468, 496.

Government House, 432, 463, 538, 539.

Governor of Natal, 464.

Governors’ Wives, 258.

Grace, Pilgrimage of, 239.

Graham, Sir Gerald, 485, 490.

” Sir Lumley, 534.

Grammar School, Marlborough, 5.

Granada, visit to, 512.

Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, 468.

Grange, Farnborough, 215.

Grant-Hope, Sir, General, 246.

Grant, Major, 486.

” Sir Hope, 344.

Granville, Lord, 473, 480, 481.

Grattan, Colonel, 523, 526, 530, 549.

Graves, Lieutenant, 73, 92.

Great Britain, 117.

Green, Charles, death of, 70.

Green & Co., Merchant Navy, 7.

Grenfell, Lord, 322, 324, 326, 476, 477, 479, 494, 500.

Grierson, General, 582, 584, 585, 587.

Grove, Colonel, offer to go to South Africa, 576.

Gurdon, Sir Brampton, 455.

Gwáliár, 125, 126, 132, 134, 153, 162, 165, 199.

Gwili-Gwili Mountains, 300, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310.

Hackett, Brevet Major, 347, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386.

” Major, 315.

Haidarábád, 124, 184, 185.

Hale, Colonel Lonsdale, 513, 518.

Haifa, cataracts, 491.

Hallett, A Bluejacket, 49.

Hamed-Abu, 42.

Hamilton, Lieutenant, General Sir Ian, 455, 537, 543.

” N. B., 288.

Hamley, General Sir E., 74, 215.

Hampden and Eliot, Boers’ examples, 426.

Hampshire manœuvres, 537.

Handel’s Dead March, 301.

Harcourt, Sir Vernon, 148.

Harding, Adjutant, death of, 140, 141.

Hardinge, General Sir Arthur, 511.

” Lord, 100.

Hardy, Michael, 70, 71, 89, 96.

Hareston Manor, near Plymouth, 1.

Hargreaves, John, M.F.H., 586.

Harman, George, Colonel, 291.

Harness, Major, R.A., 318.

Harris, Mr., of West Court, 544.

Harrison, Mr., 551.

Hartingdon, Lord, 572.

Hartley Row, 292.

Harwich, Garrison Artillery at, 504.

Haussas, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266.

Hayden’s coffins, 273.

Haydn’s Dictionary, 204.

Haynes Mill, Perie Bush, 309, 311, 318.

Hay’s, Colonel, soldier-like resignation, 559, 566, 567.

Head-dress thrown away, Crimea, 29.

Headquarters, Staff, 394, 575.

Health statistics, Sierra Leone, 595.

Heavy Dragoon Guards, their tunics, 355.

Heidelberg, 204, 212, 434, 442, 443.

Helpmakaar, 390, 418.

Hemphill, Captain, 470.

Henderson, Mr., Transvaal, 334, 335, 337.

” Colonel, 518.

Hennessy, Lieutenant, his personal combat, 200.

Herbert, Arthur, General, 246, 291.

” A., Colonel, his views on Staff, 508.

” Sir Robert, 510.

Heussy, de, Comte Pontavice, 533.

Hewett, V.C., K.C.B., 50, 277.

Hickman, Captain, his charge, 485.

Hicks, Colonel, his troops, death, 478, 481, 482.

Higginson, General, Sir George, 542.

High Commissioner, 352, 373, 388.

Highlanders, 152, 156.

Hildyard, Colonel, 519, 527, 538.

Himalayas, 199.

Hindustani, 118, 120, 202, 209.

” interpreter in, 479.

“Hit, Hit, Hit,” 516.

H’Lubi’s black soldiers, their escape, 465.

Hodson’s Horse, 194, 199.

Holker, Sir John, 414.

Holyhead, cycle ride to, 535.

Home, Colonel, 410.

” Robert, Major, 246, 272, 273.

Hong Kong, 219.

Horned owls, 22.

Horse Artilleryman, pride, 582.

” Artillery only required, Transvaal, 461.

” Guards, 207.

” Insurance Fund, Irregular Cavalry, 185, 194, 199.

Horsford, General Sir Alfred, 347, 514.

” Sir Alfred, 222, 233.

Hotham, Lieutenant, 346.

Hottentots, 296.

Howard, Sir Charles, 590.

Hudson, Dr., 219.

Hughenden Manor, visit to, 408, 410.

Hughes, Mr., 349, 364.

Hull, soldiers sent by, 550.

Hungry Hill, 254.

Hunter, Sir Archibald, 476.

Hussars, 8th, 137, 138, 143.

” a patrol of, 431.

Hutton, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward, 527.

Hyde Park Corner, 556.

Hythe, 529.

Ibabanango, 396.

Ilchester, Lord, 592, 593.

Ilsley Downs, 534.

Impetuous Horse, riding with hounds, 569.

Incandu River, 339, 437.

Inchanga Mountain, 422.

_Inconstant_, H.M.S., 11.

India, Central, 127, 453, 570.

Indore, 118.

Industrial Schools, 455.

Infantry, European, 129.

” as cyclists, 535.

Ingagane River, 339, 429, 437.

Ingogo River, 427, 437.

Inhambane, 465.

Inhlazatse, 446.

Inhlazatze Mountain, 422.

Inhlobane, 351, 352, 363, 365, 366, 368, 378, 380, 383, 388,
404, 420, 455.

Inkerman, 50.

Inniskilling Dragoons, 434.

Inspector General of Fortifications, 154.

Instruction Garrison, 289.

Insurance Fund Horse, Native Cavalry, 185, 194, 199.

Intaba Indoda, 34, 300, 313.

Intombe River, 358, 364, 366.

Ireland, journey to, 561.

Irish Rifles, their long ride, 535.

_Irish Times_ at Turkeenagh, 227.

Isandwhlana, 351, 380, 388, 400, 463, 464, 465.

Island of St. Vincent, 118.

“Island, Wilton, The, ” 588.

Isle of Man Governorship, 466, 468.

” Wight, 9.

Ismailia, 479.

Itilezi, 395.

Ityatosi, 374, 420, 422, 463.

Ityenteka Range Nek, 350, 351, 374.

Ixopo, 324.

“Jacky,” my master, 510.

Jalna, 124, 145.

Jalra Palun, 127, 148.

Jaora, 127, 148.

Jaroor Ali, 161.

“Jemmy” of the Fleet prison, 446.

Jenkins, Mr., Pondoland, 325.

” Mrs., 326.

Jerusalem, 212.

Jervis, Captain, 110.

Jhánsi, 127.

Jones, Miss, 569.

” Sir Harry, 69.

” Hugh, Colonel, 206.

Jorissen, Mr., 454.

Joubert, Piet, 342, 416, 425, 426, 427, 429, 434, 437, 439, 441.

Kabousie Nek, 304.

Kadi, 146.

” Koi, 35.

Kaffraria, British, 296.

Kafirland, 298.

Kafirs, 313.

Kafr Dowar, 469, 472.

Kala Sind River, 92.

Kalamita Bay, 27.

Kambula, 356, 364, 370, 390, 392, 400, 401, 404, 405, 414, 416,
418, 419, 519.

Kamiesh Bay, 33, 44, 62.

Kánhpúr, 127.

Kankroli, 160.

Katcha River, 27, 55.

Katra, 191.

Kavarna Bay, 21–23, 27.

Kazatch, 97.

Keate award, 450.

Kei River, 304.

” Road, 322, 323.

Keiskama Hoek, 299, 301, 304.

Kelvin, Lord, 548.

Kempt Mount, 301, 311, 321.

Kennet River, 543.

Kensington Park, 484.

Kent, Duke, Duchess of, 2.

Keyser, Miss Agnes, 549, 565.

Khandala, 118.

Khandeish, 147.

Khartoum, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 494, 598.

Khedive, 475, 479, 480, 482.

Kilchipur, 149.

Kimberley, Lord, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 435, 436, 438, 439, 440,
441, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 464.

King, Tom, Sierra Leone, 595.

” William’s Town, 248, 296, 305, 320, 325, 356.

” Lieutenant, 40, 41.

King’s gracious letter, 582, 598.

Kingsley, Rev. Charles, 210.

Kipling, Mr., 585.

Kirkcudbright, 119, 205.

Kirki, 118, 121, 123, 124, 162, 165, 168.

Kitchener, Lord, 476, 576, 577.

Knight, Major Lewis, 156, 157, 158.

Koh-i-noor Battery, 39, 47.

Kokstadt, 322, 325, 326, 327.

Kordofan, 482.

Korosko, 489, 498, 501.

Korti, 494, 497, 498.

Kossoos, 262, 263.

Kotá City, 155, 156.

Kreli, 321.

Kremlin, 504.

Kruger, Mr., 342, 416, 425, 430, 435, 437, 438, 439, 454, 462, 561.

Kwamagasa, 418.

Laager at Utrecht, 328, 354.

Ladysmith, 428, 447, 464.

Lakanwas, 195.

Lakuni, Author’s Zulu name, 374, 404, 456.

Lalitpúr, 136.

Lambart, Captain, 444.

Lancaster Gun, 5, 61.

Lancers, 12th, 243.

” 17th, 129, 131, 133, 138, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 159, 161,
162, 205, 395.

Land League, Irish, 502.

Landdrost, 338, 345.

Landtman’s Drift, 396.

Langotis, 139.

Lang’s Nek, 328, 427, 441, 442, 450.

Lansdowne, Lord, 552, 554, 558, 559, 561, 571, 572.

Lawson, Major, 551.

” Mr., A. and N. Co-op. Society, 285.

Laye, Captain, 319, 383.

Leaders, Boer, 362.

Leahy, Major, 246.

_Leander_, H.M.S., 66, 67, 70, 76.

Learmouth, Major, 118.

Lebombo Mountains, 456.

Leet, Major, V.C., 366, 374, 375.

Lefroy’s Handbook, 135.

Legge, Captain Norton, 544.

Legion, Foreign, 135.

Lendy, Captain, 203, 204, 208.

Lennard, Sir Thomas, 217, 228, 240, 286, 406, 408, 554.

” Lady, 414.

Lewes, Yeomanry at, 588.

Liddington, Rector of, 544.

Lie, My last, 510.

Light Infantry, 13th, 393, 399.

” ” 90th, 313, 321, 351, 399, 404.

Lincoln and Bennett, 285.

” Militia, 587.

Lindsay, Robt. Lloyd, 532.

“Lines,” Kafr Dowar, 462.

Lion King, 24.

Lisbon, 3.

” King of, 510.

Litany, 210.

Lithgow, Surgeon-General, 501.

_Lively_, H.M.S., 3.

Liverpool, visit to, 555.

Lloyd, Llewellyn, 362, 364, 367, 368, 369, 370.

Logue, Cardinal, 561.

Lomax, Colonel S., 587, 606.

London Companies, watchmen over horses, 530.

London Corn Exchange, 526.

_London_, H.M.S., 27, 72.

London, soldiers sent by, 550.

Londonderry, 503.

Long distance rides instituted, 503.

Long Hill, Aldershot, 243.

” Valley, Aldershot, 225, 586.

Lonsdale, Rupert, 299, 301, 305, 306, 307, 311, 313, 314, 315,
319, 320, 321.

Lord Mayor, 287.

Lorenzo Marques, stay at, 465.

Lotiti, 446, 456.

Lotus, stern whaler, 492.

Low Church, a colonel, 242.

Lowe, Sir General Drury, 516.

Luck, General G., 561.

Lucknow, 330.

Luneberg, 329, 330, 332, 338, 354, 355, 358, 365, 366, 374, 390, 417.

Lushington, Sir Stephen, 33, 59, 60, 61, 72, 75, 97, 114, 120.

Lydford Rifle range, 586.

Lyndenburg Garrison, 426.

Lyons, Lord, 114.

Lysons, Lieutenant Harry, 338, 339, 340, 346, 367, 368, 370, 371,
381, 396.

” Sir Daniel, General, 254, 293.

Mabamba’s Kraal, 455.

Macaula, Baca Chief, 324.

Mackenzie’s Farm, 32.

Mackinnon, Sir William, 532, 533.

Maclean, Commandant, 319.

Macleod, Colonel, 275, 280.

” Norman, 359.

Macomo, Tini, 298, 299, 314, 315.

McElnea, Tenant, 226.

McGregor, a Colonist, 322.

McLeod, Captain, Political Agent, 338.

” Colonel, 275, 280.

McNaughten, Captain, death, 318, 319.

McPherson, Cluny, Colonel, 275.

Madeira, 297.

Madhoo, Singh, 178, 190, 193, 194.

Magazine at Shottey, 505.

” Rifles, Permanent or detachable, 506.

Mahableshwar, 121.

Mahdi and his soldiers, 486, 499.

Maidenhead, 205.

Major-General, half pay as, 467.

Major White, 17th Lancers, 162.

Majuba, 412, 465.

Makabalikile Ridge, 312, 315, 316.

Makulusi, 329, 351, 352, 362, 363, 383, 392.

Malakoff, 36, 39, 40, 42, 51, 61, 69, 72, 73, 82, 86.

Malet, Sir Edward, 471, 479, 480.

Mallow, 224.

Malta, Home tour station, 559.

” to train Mounted Infantry, 570.

Mamelon, 36, 39, 40, 51, 61, 78, 79, 80.

Mampon, 261.

Mandara, wish to attack, 472.

_Manitoban_, S.S., 284.

Manning, Cardinal, 466, 468.

Manœuvres, Cavalry, 543.

Manœuvres in Hampshire, 537.

Mansion House, cycling accident at, 556.

Mantle, Lieutenant, 477.

Manual exercises, curtailed, 573.

Manyoba, 333, 358.

March, Captain, 52.

Margam Park, Yeomanry at, 588.

Margate, leave for, 244.

Marines, 12.

Maritzburg, 321, 327, 331, 343, 355, 358, 366, 392, 404, 405, 417,
422, 428, 431, 435, 455, 457, 463.

Markham, Frank, 233.

Marlborough College, 7, 113, 204.

” ” speech day, 509.

” Duke of, 215.

” Grammar School, 5.

Married Roll, Artillery, 585, 586.

Marshal, Junot, 2.

Marshall, Sir George, 568.

Martini-Henry Rifles, 380.

Masipula, 421.

Mason, Confederate Commissioner, 207.

Massowah, Red Sea Littoral, 484.

Master Butcher, 527.

Master-General of the Ordnance, 505.

Mat, Bastion du, 74.

Matapan, Cape, 17.

Mathematics, 208, 209, 231.

Máu, 122, 123, 125, 127, 147, 161, 162, 166.

Maude, Captain, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 381, 383, 388, 391.

Mauldslie Castle, 149.

Maundsar, 149.

Maun Singh, 164, 165.

Maurice, General Sir Frederick, 548.

Max Müller, Dr., 205.

May, Major, 548.

Mayne, H. O., Major, 135, 165, 169, 188.

Mayne’s Horse, 187, 191, 192.

Meade, Major, 164.

Meath Hospital, 219.

Mecca, 483.

Mediterranean, moving three Battalions from England, 562.

Meek’s Farm. 341.

_Melampus_, H.M.S., 12.

Melbury, 592.

Melokazulu, 348, 374, 419.

Menagerie, Nawab’s, 148.

Metemmeh, 496.

Methuen, Lord, 542.

Metropolitan Police, 590.

Michel, Sir John, 125, 135, 136, 141, 155, 162, 166, 169, 179, 202,
508.

Michell, Charles, 3.

” Frederick, 2, 11, 20, 25, 32, 56, 97, 98.

” Sampson, 2, 3.

Midland Railway, Tidworth, 583.

Mildmay, Sir Henry, 243.

Miles Hill, Aldershot, 243.

Miles--On the Horse’s feet, 174.

Military Education, Council of, 290.

” Exercises, antiquated, 571.

” Kraal, Transvaal, 329.

” Secretary, 295.

” ” offers Colonial appointment, 507.

” ” My letter to, on Major Hackett, 385.

Militia Battalion Canteen profits, 505.

Mill Street, 224.

Milman, Dean, 206.

Milo, 17.

Milton, Major, 559, 562.

Mírath, 199.

Misfortune, Land of, 425.

Misunderstandings, “Land of,” 425.

Mkusi River, 359.

Mnyamane, 400, 420, 445.

Moltke, Count Von, 564.

Monastery, St. George, 82.

Mongroulee, 135.

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, 590.

Mooi River, 462.

Moore, Dr. Norman, 3, 569.

” Sir John, 510.

Moorsom, Captain, 62.

Morar, 162.

Morris, Colonel, 120, 155, 190.

Morrogh, Leonard, 230.

Mortar Shell, 67.

Mortlake, 202.

Moslems, Sunday, 478.

Mount Edgcumbe, 20.

” Frere, 324.

” Wise, 10, 20.

Mounted Infantry, 251, 497, 572.

Mowbray, Sir John, 548.

Moysey, Major, 338.

Mozambique, 465.

Mullingar, 218.

Mulloob Khan, 190.

Munich, 214.

Murdoch, Burn, Major, 546.

Murray, Captain, Consul, 549.

” Lindley, 345.

” Major, 200, 201.

Musooda, 158.

Mutiny, India, 118, 251.

Mutton Cove, 10.

Nakimoff, Admiral, 79.

Nana Sahib, 127.

Nantes, 4.

Napier, Robert of Magdala, 227.

” Sir Charles, 216.

” Sir Robert, 126.

” William, Colonel, 216, 218, 219, 230.

” W., General, 293.

Napier’s Peninsula War, vol. vi. 391, 105.

Napoleon, 212.

” Code, 477.

Narbadá, 125, 145, 147, 148.

Narsinghar, 162, 191, 194, 195, 196.

Natal, 396, 420, 434, 443, 446, 456, 462.

” Carabineers, 465.

” Government of Zulu reports to, 388.

” Governor of, 415, 464, 514.

” Police, 463.

Native Cavalry Regiment, 137.

Naturalistic accuracy, 553.

Naval Brigade, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48,
49, 57, 58, 59, 60, 76.

” Instructor, 20.

Nawab’s Menagerie, 148.

Ned, Uncle, 108.

Negropont, 17.

Nek, Ityenteka, 351.

Nenagh, 227.

Netley Hospital, 582, 586.

Newbridge, 115, 116.

Newcastle, 330, 340, 341, 364, 392, 418, 428, 431, 434, 435,
437, 441, 447.

Newdigate, General, 393, 394, 399.

Newspaper and Press Fund dinner, 557.

Ngaba Ka Hawane Mountain, 353, 379.

Ngobamakosi Regiment, 373, 374, 381, 382, 419.

Nicholson, Lieutenant, Death of, 379.

” General, 578.

Niel, General, 62.

Night Lights, 553.

” Marches, 503.

” Manœuvres, 542.

Nile, Cataracts on, 493.

Ninetieth Light Infantry, 250, 286.

Nixon, Captain, 306.

Nkonjane Hill, Zululand, 349.

Nodwengu Regiment, 352.

Nolan, 123.

Nondweni River, 396, 398.

North Devon Yeomanry, 589.

Northcote, Sir Stafford, 481.

Nubar Pasha, 481.

“Number 20” in Pickwick, 446.

Ober-Ammergau, 525, 534.

Odessa, 21.

Officers’ Club House, 515.

Officers, increase in establishment of, 572.

Ordah, 279.

Ordasu, 279, 280, 281.

Ordnance Stores, Aldershot, 504.

Osborne House, command to, 423.

” Mr., 420, 421.

Oscott, 104.

Osman Digna, 481.

Otto Emil, Grammar, 205.

Ouchy, 212.

Ouless, Mr., 575.

Owls, horned, 22.

Oxford, 205.

Paarde Kop, accident near, 442.

Pachmarlie Hills, 147.

Pachor, 195.

Pack, Colonel, 116, 117.

Paget, Major, coolness in action, 151.

Paliso, interpreter, 329, 336.

Palki Dak, 199.

Panmure, Lord, 100.

Parbati River, 135, 177.

Parke, Colonel, 147, 148.

Parker, Dr., 219.

Parkes, Dr., 223.

Parndon Woods, Essex, 569.

Parr, Hallam, Major-General, 476, 478.

Parsons, Mr., 87.

” Sir Charles, 195.

” Sir C., Major-General, 476, 485, 515.

Passages, Spain, 4.

Passion Play, 534.

Patriotic Fund, 11.

Patun Jalra, 127, 128.

Paulina Southwell, 250, 251.

Pavilion, Royal, 243.

Paymaster, 527.

Peace and Show Soldiers, 514.

Pearson, Colonel, 405.

Peel, Sir Robert, 25.

” Captain Sir William, 549.

” Sir William, 25, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 59, 62,
65, 66, 71, 75, 78, 80, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92,
93, 100, 101, 114, 117.

Peerage, or Court-Martial, 511.

Pélissier, General, 83, 97.

Pembroke, Lord, 588.

Pemvane River, 350.

Pender, Lady, 537.

” Sir John, 525, 533, 548.

Pennyfather, General Sir John, 239.

Penrith, dialects, 473.

Penton Lodge, 583.

Penzance, 586.

” Lord, Commission, 413.

Perie Bush, 308, 321, 328.

Permanent, or Detachable magazine, 506.

Perrier Jouet champagne, 327.

_Perseverance_, H.M.S., 99.

Persian Minister, 487.

Perth City, 250, 251.

Perthshire, 73rd Regiment, 205, 248.

Philæ, 489.

Pickwick repeated, 446.

Pieter-Maritzburg, 328, 414.

“Pig, The,” 119, 137, 178.

Pilgrimage of Grace, 239.

Pimlico, coats from, 553.

Pirbright, 530.

Plevna, 542.

Pluton, 55.

Plymouth, 7.

” arrival at, 406.

” I knew, 584.

“Pocket Hercules,” 120.

” Siphonia, 495.

Political Agent for North Zululand, 398.

Pollard, Lieutenant, R.N., 271.

Polo in Egypt, 485.

Pondo Queen, 325.

Pondos, 325, 326.

Pongola River, 334.

” Valley, 332.

Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 243.

Pontavice, Comte, de Heussy, 533.

Pony, my, 99.

Poole, Lieutenant, killed, 375.

Poona, 120, 121, 125, 168.

Port Admiral, 11.

Port Said, Home’s scheme for a fort, 410.

Portal, Mr., 539.

Porter, Dr., 233.

Portland, 584.

Portsea, 7.

Portsmouth 7, 584, 591.

” Lord, Yachting, 548.

” Military Hospital at, 590.

Portugal, 2.

Potchefstroom, 426, 434, 437, 443.

Potter, Mr., 367, 373, 392.

Potter’s Store, 329, 374.

Potton, deputation from, 101.

Prague, 214.

Prahsu, 272, 273, 532.

Premier, dominant will of, 435.

“Present Arms,” 245.

Pretoria, 363, 390, 434, 443, 446, 448, 449, 452, 454, 461.

Pretorius, Andries, 341, 342, 353, 452.

Prime Minister, Egypt, 487.

Prince Consort, 292.

” Imperial, 392, 394, 399, 406, 422, 463.

” of Wales, 547.

_Prince Regent_, H.M.S., 16.

” S.S., loss of, 55.

“Private Affairs,” leave for, 244.

Prospect Camp, 427, 430, 431, 432, 436, 442.

” Mount, 427, 428, 439.

Public Schools’ camp at Aldershot, 537.

” Volunteer Cadet Companies, 541.

Purtabghar, 148.

Pym, Boer model, 426.

Quarries, 85, 86, 94.

_Queen_, H.M.S., 8, 9, 16, 20, 21, 27, 31, 44, 55, 58, 60,
62, 293, 539.

Queen Victoria, Her Majesty, 16, 239, 242, 243, 293.

Queenstown, 13, 304.

Quillimane, 465.

Quinn, Wyndham, Colonel, 589.

Raad Volks, 461, 462.

Raaf Colonist, 378.

Rabula Heights, 304, 306, 313.

Raglan, Lord, 27, 100.

” his horses lost, 30, 50, 51, 62, 63, 65, 69, 80, 83, 86, 87,
88, 97, 98, 100.

Railway Clearing House, Euston, 536.

Rajghur, 129, 146.

Ramleh, Egypt, 471, 472.

Randall, Trooper, saved by Redvers Buller, 389.

Ranston, 253.

Rao Sahib, 127, 168, 193, 194.

Rawson, Private, 255.

Reading, 225.

Rectory at Liddington, 544.

Red Cross Society, 564.

” River Expedition, 507.

” Sea Littoral, and Massowah, 484.

Redan, 36, 39, 40, 42, 71, 86, 96.

Redding Point, 20.

Redhill, 232.

Refugees from Zululand, 391, 363.

Regiment, 80th, 390.

Regimental transport, 327, 355.