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A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919  
Volume 2: 1851-1871
Author(s): Lord Anglesey
Published by Pen and Sword
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ISBN: 9781473814998
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In-depth coverage of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the numerous colonial campaigns of the period.
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In-depth coverage of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the numerous colonial campaigns of the period.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Full Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Preface
    • I
      • i) ‘Camp of Exercise’, Chobham, 1853
      • ii) Crimean War, 1854: origins and start – cavalry available – embarkation and passage out – Constantinople to Varna – ‘Sore-Back Reconnaissance’ – life at Varna
      • iii) Crimean War, 1854: embarkation for Crimea – landing at Kalamita Bay ‘ Bulganak – battle of the Alma
      • iv) Crimean War, 1854: flank march – army enters Balaklava – Heavy Brigade joins from Varna
      • v) Crimean War, 1854: siege of Sebastopol starts – Lucan versus Cardigan: ‘Lord Look-on’ versus ‘the Noble Yachtsman’
      • vi) Crimean War, 1854: defences of Balaklava – battle of Balaklava: Russians attack – charge of Heavy Brigade
      • vii) Crimean War, 1854: battle of Balaklava: charge of Light Brigade – Lord Cardigan’s character
      • viii) Crimean War, 1854–56: battle of Inkerman – great storm – winter’s hardships – cavalry employed on commissariat work – heavy losses of horses – death of Raglan – Sebastopol falls – war ends
    • II
      • The Persian War, 1856–57
    • III
      • i) Indian Mutiny, 1857: causes of discontent in Bengal – cartridge grease question – Mangal Pande
      • ii) Indian Mutiny, 1857: troops at Meerut in May – trouble starts with 3rd Light Cavalry – outbreak at Meerut
      • iii) Indian Mutiny, 1857: Meerut rebels take over Delhi – Ghazi-ud-din Nagar – Badli-ke-serai – ‘siege’ of Delhi starts
      • iv) Indian Mutiny, 1857: Sir John Lawrence acts promptly in Punjab – sends reinforcements to Delhi – Corps of Guides arrives
      • v) Indian Mutiny, 1857: ‘siege’ of Delhi: Punjab Cavalry arrives – Hodson and Hudson’s Horse – Lind’s Horse – Delhi recaptured – Hodson kills the Princes
      • vi) Indian Mutiny, 1857: situation in Oudh – siege of Cawnpore – Havelock enters Cawnpore – first ‘relief’ of Lucknow
      • vii) Indian Mutiny, 1857–58: Bulandshahr – Sir Colin Campbell succeeds Sir Hope Grant – second relief of Lucknow – Narnul – Gangari – third battle of Cawnpore – Bays and 7th Hussars arrive from home – Lucknow recaptured
      • viii) Indian Mutiny, 1857–58: pacification of Rohil-kand and Oudh – Cureton’s Multani Horse -Kukrauli – Nawabganj – Rapti
      • ix) Indian Mutiny, 1858: cavalry reinforcements from home – Central Indian campaigns start – attitude of Sindhia and Holkar – Dhar – Goraria
      • x) Indian Mutiny, 1858: Sir Hugh Rose – Central India Field Force – Saugor – Chanderi – Rani of Jhansi – siege of Jhansi – the Betwa – Kunch -Kalpi falls
      • xi) Indian Mutiny, 1858: Saugor Field Force – Banda
      • xii) Indian Mutiny, 1858: Sindhia’s troops take Gwalior – Kotah-ke-serai – Gwalior falls – Meade’s Horse – Jowra-Alipur – Tantia Topi escapes
      • xiii) Indian Mutiny, 1858–59: chase of Tantia Topi – Bunas River – Zirapur – Sindwaha – Macaulay’s Horse – Mayne’s Horse – Beatson’s Horse – Tantia Topi captured
    • IV
      • China War, 1860: causes – Probyn’s Horse – Fane’s Horse – Taku forts – Sinho – Palikao Bridge
    • V
      • i) India: post-Mutiny alterations – the ‘White Mutiny’ – decision to amalgamate Royal and Indian armies
      • ii) India: regular cavalry abolished – silladar system – asanas – death of John Jacob – comparative cheapness of irregulars – reorganization of cavalry promulgated, 1861 – native cavalry uniforms formation of Staff Corps
      • iii) India: the north-west frontier – Ambela campaign, 1863–64 – 7th Hussars at Shabqadr, 1864
    • VI
      • The Abyssinian campaign, 1867–68
    • VII
      • i) Rank and file: types of recruits
      • ii) Rank and file: means of recruiting – regimental basis – an enlistment – smart money – age limits – height standards
      • iii) Rank and file: limited service
      • iv) Rank and file: medical examination of recruits – attestation
      • v) Rank and file: bounty money – pay – re-engagements extended – good-conduct pay, badges and medals – military savings banks
      • vi) Rank and file: ‘swaddies’ – the recruit’s day – physical exercise – furloughs
      • vii) Rank and file: absconded recruits – desertion – ‘bounty jumping’ – apprehension of deserters – crime and punishment – lock-ups – military prisons
      • viii) Rank and file: education
      • ix) Rank and file: non-commissioned officers
      • x) Rank and file: rations – stoppages – means of cooking
      • xi) Rank and file: ‘necessaries’: stoppages – clothing – free issue
      • xii) Rank and file: clothing regulations – off-reckonings – clothing factories – uniform reforms
      • xiii) Rank and file – mortality rates – venereal disease – hospital stoppages – major causes of death
      • xiv) Rank and file: barracks: overcrowding – hospital conditions – ventilation – heating – ablution rooms
      • xv) Rank and file: barrack-room orderly’s duties
      • xvi) Rank and file: barracks: married men – married quarters – laundry – lighting – libraries – reading rooms – canteens
      • xvii) Rank and file: barracks: urinals – latrines – cesspools – drains – a barrack-room in 1873
      • xviii) Rank and file: founding of Aldershot camp – Mrs Daniell’s reforms
      • xix) Rank and file: discharges
      • xx) Rank and file: pensions
      • xxi) Rank and file: India: mortality and sickness rates – sewage disposal – bazaars – water supply – baths and tanks – overcrowding in barracks – married quarters – hospitals
      • xxii) Rank and file: India: Company’s European recruits during the Mutiny – drunkenness –spirits,chiefly arrack – canteens – the canteen fund – beer – refreshment rooms
      • xxiii) Rank and file: India: venereal disease – prostitutes – ‘lock hospitals’ – married soldiers – official treatment of wives – native wives of white soldiers
      • xxiv) Rank and file: India: diet – soldiers better fed than at home – cookhouses – ‘back-ration money’ – meal times – fatigue duties – native followers – sports and games – clothing and uniforms
      • xxv) Rank and file: India: native soldiers: mortality – pay – huts – recreations – food, drink and drugs – promotion – uniforms
    • VIII
      • i) Officers: classes and types – mode of living – pay and allowances
      • ii) Officers: purchase and sale of commissions: ‘over-regulation’ prices – half-pay – advantages and disadvantages of system – abolition
      • iii) Officers: commissioned from the ranks – adjutants – paymasters – quartermasters – riding masters – chaplains – surgeons – veterinary surgeons
      • iv) Officers: examinations for commissions – junior department, Royal Military College, Sandhurst – examinations for promotion – Staff College, Sandhurst – specialist instruction
      • v) Officers: India: ‘direct’ appointments to Company’s regular regiments – pre-amalgamation: promotion by seniority – making up a purse – mortality rates – retirement system – pay, allowances and deductions – batta – examinations – accommodation – servants – the Crawley affair, 1858–63
    • IX
      • i) Field movements – non-pivot drill – ‘Fours’ replace ‘Threes’ – annual manoeuvres started
      • ii) The cavalry seat – the English trot versus bumping
      • iii) Types of cavalry sword – the pros and cons of cut and thrust – training in the use of sword and lance – sword versus lance
      • iv) Cavalry firearms: pistols – revolvers – carbines
    • X
      • i) Types of horses – sources – prices
      • ii) Weights carried by cavalry horses – saddles
      • iii) Bridles – horse furniture
      • iv) British cavalrymen’s reluctance to dismount – stallions, geldings or mares? – barrack stabling
      • v) Cavalry horses in India: country-breds – stud-breds – imported Arabs, Capes and Walers
    • XI
      • i) Establishment and effective strengths of the cavalry – increases and decreases – squadron organization – disappearance of Light Dragoons
      • ii) Yeomanry cavalry: decreasing employment – aids civil power for the last time – establishments – use of regulars against Fenians in Ireland – fire-fighting – royal escorts
    • Epilogue
    • Appendix and chart showing stations of Royal Regiments of Cavalry from 1851 to 1871
    • Abbreviations used in the footnotes and source notes
    • Source Notes
    • Index
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