OF AN ENGLISH OFFICER IN INDIA. BY MAJOR NORTH, 60TH RIFLES, DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, AND AIDE-DE-CAMP TO GENERAL HAVELOCK, ETC. IN ONE VOLUME. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1858. The right of Translation is reserved. D LONDON R. BORN, PRINTER, GLOUCESTER STREET, PARK STREET, REGENT'S PARK. HENRY MORSE STEPHENS CYTILONMIY PREFACE. No record whatever having been given of the progress of Havelock's little band, from its original formation as the "Allahabad Moveable Column," in June, 1857, till its subsequent arrival at Lucknowalthough the interval is fraught with the liveliest interest, embracing as it does the successful advance of the force on Cawnpore, its passage of the Ganges into Oude, and its subsequent operations there-the 512815 writer has ventured to supply the deficiency by offering the following Narrative. He has been actuated chiefly by a desire to testify his admiration of the hardy endurance and indomitable courage of that band, especially the 78th Highlanders, or Ross-shire Buffs, with whom he served as a volunteer, from the commencement of Havelock's campaign till its termination. The Narrative was not intended originally to be published, but to serve only as a memorial of some of those stirring events and scenes which passed before the Author's eye. As it was written in the field during the hot and rainy seasons, between June and November, and at a time when the force was exposed to many hardships, and latterly to the want of tents, the Author |