The History of Lumsden’s Horse

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Editor

Pearse, Henry H. S., 1844-1905

Title

The History of Lumsden's Horse A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Great Britain. Army. Lumsden's Horse

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52303

Release Date

June 11, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.APPENDICES
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.CHAPTER I HOW THE CORPS WAS RAISED AND EQUIPPED
8. 8.CHAPTER II PREPARING FOR THE FRONT—DEPARTURE FROM CALCUTTA
9. 9.CHAPTER III OUTWARD BOUND
10. 10.CHAPTER IV NEARING THE GOAL—DISEMBARKATION AT CAPE TOWN AND EAST LONDON
11. 11.CHAPTER V AN INTERLUDE—THE RESULTS OF SANNA’S POST
12. 12.CHAPTER VI BY RAIL AND ROUTE MARCH TO BLOEMFONTEIN
13. 13.CHAPTER VII IMPRESSIONS OF BLOEMFONTEIN—JOIN THE 8th MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT ON OUTPOST
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE BAPTISM OF FIRE—LUMSDEN’S HORSE AT OSPRUIT (HOUTNEK)
15. 15.CHAPTER IX AFTER OSPRUIT—SOME TRIBUTES TO MAJOR SHOWERS AND OTHER HEROES
16. 16.CHAPTER X PRISONERS OF WAR
17. 17.CHAPTER XI TOWARDS PRETORIA—LUMSDEN’S HORSE SCOUTING AHEAD OF THE ARMY FROM BLOEMFONTEIN TO THE VAAL RIVER
18. 18.CHAPTER XII JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA IN OUR HANDS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION AT IRENE, KALFONTEIN, ZURFONTEIN, AND SPRINGS—THE PRETORIA PAPER-CHASE
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS—BOER SCOUTING—A RECONNAISSANCE TO CROCODILE RIVER—FAREWELL TO COLONEL ROSS
21. 21.CHAPTER XV A MARCH UNDER MAHON OF MAFEKING TO RUSTENBURG AND WARMBATHS—IN PURSUIT OF DE WET
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI EASTWARD TO BELFAST AND BARBERTON UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND MAHON
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII MARCHING AND FIGHTING—FROM MACHADODORP TO HEIDELBERG AND PRETORIA UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND DICKSON
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII HOMEWARD BOUND—APPROBATION FROM LORD ROBERTS—CAPE TOWN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS—FAREWELL TO SOUTH AFRICA
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX THE RETURN TO INDIA—WELCOME HOME—HONOURS AND ORATIONS—DISBANDMENT
26. 26.CHAPTER XX A STIRRING SEQUEL—THE STORY OF THOSE WHO STAYED—MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE
27. 27.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT — APPENDIX II MOBILISATION SECTION, ARMY HEADQUARTERS — APPENDIX III THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK — APPENDIX IV — APPENDIX V HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS — APPENDIX VI — APPENDIX VII LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND — APPENDIX VIII FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CORPS — APPENDIX IX LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE — APPENDIX X THE FINAL ACCOUNTS — APPENDIX XI LUMSDEN’S HORSE TRANSPORT — APPENDIX XII TOPICAL SONG
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.Footnotes

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