For valour: the complete history of the Victoria Cross Volume 3 The colonial wars : (1860-1889)
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Illustrations xh
Preface xv
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter I
THE VICTORIA CROSS WARRANT CHANGES 2
Not Before the Enemy 2
Victoria Cross extended to New Zealand local forces 2
Victoria Cross extended to Auxiliary and Reserve Forces 2
Indian Ecclesiastical Establishments 2
Chapter 2
THE BRITISH EMPIRE 3
What constitutes a “Colony”? 3
Motivation for colonisation 4
The age of Exploration 4
British Colonisation 5
PART TWO
WARS, BATTLES DEEDS
THE COLONIAL WARS 7
Chapter 3
THE PERSIAN WAR ( 1856-57) 8
Build-up to War 8
Britain and Persia at War 9
The 2nd Division Campaign 11
Chapter 4
THE WAGHER UPRISING IN KATHIAWAR is
Chapter 5
TARANAKI WAR, MAORI, NEW ZEALAND ( 1860-61 ) 17
Reasons for the War 17
Start of Hostilities 18
General Pratt s Expedition 18
CONTENTS
Chapter 6
THE SECOND CHINA WAR (1856-60) 23
Origins of the War 23
The War Begins 24
Phase two of the War 27
Final Phase of the War 29
Chapter 7
THE TAIPING REBELLION, CHINA (1851 -64) 35
Start of the Civil War 36
Lord Elgin’s Mission up the Yangtze 36
Fieavenly Kingdom Expansion 36
Shanghai Threatened 37
Rebel setbacks in the Yangtze river valley 38
Neutrality Enforced 39
New Chinese Leadership 39
Operations around Shanghai and Ningbo in 1862 39
General Gordon takes command of ‘Ever Victorious’ Army 41
End of the Rebellion 41
Chapter 8
THE UMBEYLA CAMPAIGN, INDIA (1863) 42
Background 42
The Umbeyla Campaign begins 43
Attacks on Crag Piquet 44
Chapter 9
WAIKATO-HAUHAU WAR, MAORI, NEW ZEALAND (1863-66) 47
Background 47
Causes of the Waikato War 47
Invasion of the Waikato 49
Advance on the Waipa 57
Invasion of Rangiaowhia 58
Lower Waikato Operations 59
Tauranga Campaign 62
Wanganui Campaign 65
Chapter 10
THE SHIMONOSEKI EXPEDITION, JAPAN (1864) 68
Background 68
Incidents leading up to the conflict 68
Battle of Shimonoseki 70
Chapter II
BHUTAN (DUAR) WAR, INDIA (1864-65) 73
Background 73
Eden’s Mission 73
Military Action in Bengal Duars 74
End of the War 77
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CONTENTS
Chapter 12
CANADA (1866) 78
Chapter 13
GAMBIA (1866) 79
Background 79
Soninke - Marabout Wars 80
Battle of Tubabecolong 80
Chapter 14
ANDAMAN ISLANDS EXPEDITION (1867) 81
Background 81
Assam Valley Incident 81
Arracan Expedition 82
Chapter 15
ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION (1867-68) 83
Background 83
Emperor Theodore’s letter to Queen Victoria 84
Theodore takes British prisoners 84
War is declared 85
Military preparations 85
Military Operations 86
Chapter 16
LUSHAI EXPEDITION, INDIA (1871 -72) 90
Background 90
Military Operations 91
Chapter 17
THIRD ASHANTI WAR (1873-74) 95
Background 95
Preparations for War 96
First Ashanti Expedition 97
Chapter 18
PERAK WAR, MALAYA (1875 -76) 102
Background 102
Perak War Begins 103
Conclusion 107
Chapter 19
BALUCHISTAN, INDIA ( 1877) 108
Chapter 20
CAPE FRONTIER WAR - 9TH (1877-78) 110
Start of the War 111
The Colonial War 113
The Imperial War 114
CONTENTS
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Political Struggle
The Guerrilla War
117
118
Chapter 21
AFGHAN WAR - 2ND (1878-80) 119
Build-up to War 120
Preparations for War 120
Phase 1 of the War 121
South Afghanistan Field Force Operations 131
Phase 2 of the War 131
Defence of Sherpur 141
Kandahar Field Force 143
Abdur Rahman Khan declared Emir 145
Change of British Government 145
Events at Kandahar 145
Siege of Kandahar 148
Relief of Kandahar 149
End of the War 150
Chapter 22
ZULU WAR (1879) 151
Background 151
The Build-up to War 152
The War Begins 153
Operations of Colonel Glyn’s Column 153
British Reinforcements 160
Operations of Colonel Pearson’s Column 160
Operations of Colonel Wood’s Column 160
Relief of Eshowe 166
Second Invasion of Zululand 167
End of the War 169
Chapter 23
NAGA HILLS EXPEDITION (1879-80) 170
Background 170
The 1879 Expedition 171
End of the War 173
Chapter 24
BASUTOLAND (1879-82) 174
Morosi War 175
Sekukuni War 176
Basuto Gun War 180
Chapter 25
BOER WAR (1880-81) 183
Background 184
Causes of War 184
Build-up to War 184
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CONTENTS
War Begins 185
War Ends 193
Chapter 26
ARABI REBELLION, EGYPT (1882) 194
Background 194
Build-up to War 196
Declaration of War 198
War Begins 198
Arrival of Expeditionary Force 200
End of the War 201
Chapter 27
SUDAN CAMPAIGN (1881-85 ) 203
Background 204
The Mahdi 204
The Mahdi Rebellion 204
Nile Campaign 210
Chapter 28
KARENNI AND CHIN EXPEDITIONS, BURMA (1888-89) 212
Background 212
Karenni Expedition 213
Chin Expedition 215
PART THREE
PORTRAITS OF VALOUR 219
John Augustus Wood - 9th December 1856 (VC No. 112) 220
John Grant Malcolmson - 8th February 1857 (VC No. 113) 222
Arthur Thomas Moore - 8th February 1857 (VC No. 114) 223
Charles Augustus Goodfellow - 6th October 1859 (VC No. 296) 225
William Odgers - 28th March 1860 (VC No. 297) 227
John Lucas - 18th March 1861 (VC No. 298) 229
Nathaniel Godolphin Burslem - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 299) 232
Edmund Henry Lenon - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 300) 233
Robert Montresor Rogers - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 301) 235
John Worthy Chaplin - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 302) 237
Thomas Lane - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 303) 239
John Leishman McDougall - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 304) 241
Andrew Fitzgibbon - 21st August 1860 (VC No. 305) 243
George Hinckley - 9th October 1862 (VC No. 306) 244
George Vincent Fosbery - 30th October 1863 (VC No. 307) 246
Henry William Pitcher - 30th October 1863 (VC No. 308) 248
Edward McKenna - 7th September 1863 (VC No. 309) 250
John Ryan - 7th September 1863 (VC No. 310) 252
John Thornton Down - 2nd October 1863 (VC No. 311) 253
Dudley Stagpoole - 2nd October 1863 (VC No. 312) 254
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William Temple - 20th November 1863 (VC No. 313) 257
Arthur Frederick Pickard - 20th November 1863 (VC No. 314) 258
Charles Heaphy - 11th February 1864 (VC No. 315) 260
John Carstairs McNeill - 30th March 1864 (VC No. 316) 262
William George Nicholas Manley - 29th April 1864 (VC No. 317) 265
Samuel Mitchell - 29th April 1864 (VC No. 318) 267
Frederick Augustus Smith - 21st June 1864 (VC No. 319) 270
John Murray - 21st June 1864 (VC No. 320) 271
Hugh Shaw - 24th January 1865 (VC No. 321) 273
Duncan Gordon Boyes - 6th September 1864 (VC No. 322) 276
Thomas Pride - 6th September 1864 (VC No. 323) 278
William Henry Harrison Seeley - 6th September 1864 (VC No. 324) 279
William Spottiswoode Trevor - 2nd April 1865 (VC No. 325) 281
James Dundas - 2nd April 1865 (VC No. 326) 284
Timothy O’Hea - 9th June 1866 (VC No. 327) 286
Samuel Hodge - 30th June 1866 (VC No. 328) 287
Campbell Mellis Douglas - 7th May 1867 (VC No. 329) 288
David Bell - 7th May 1867 (VC No. 330) 291
James Cooper - 7th May 1867 (VC No. 331) 292
William Griffiths - 7th May 1867 (VC No. 332) 294
Thomas Murphy - 7th May 1867 (VC No. 333) 295
James Bergin - 13th April 1868 (VC No. 334) 297
Michael Magner (aka Barry) - 13th April 1868 (VC No. 335) 298
Donald MacIntyre - 4th January 1872 (VC No. 336) 299
Edric Frederick Gifford - No Date of Action (VC No. 337) 301
Reginald William Sartorius - 17th January 1874 (VC No. 338) 303
Samuel McGaw - 21st January 1874 (VC No. 339) 305
Mark Sever Bell - 4th February 1874 (VC No. 340) 307
George Nicholas Channer - 20th December 1875 (VC No. 341) 309
Andrew Scott - 26th July 1877 (VC No. 342) 311
Hans Garrett Moore - 29th December 1877 (VC No. 343) 312
John Cook - 2nd December 1878 (VC No. 344) 315
Reginald Clare Hart - 31st January 1879 (VC No. 345) 317
Edward Pemberton Leach - 17th March 1879 (VC No. 346) 320
Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton - 2nd April 1879 (VC No. 347) 322
Garrett O’Moore Creagh - 21st April 1879 (VC No. 348) 324
George Stuart White - 6th October 1879 (VC No. 349) 328
Euston Henry Sartorius - 24th October 1879 (VC No. 350) 334
James Williams Adams - 11th December 1879 (VC No. 351) 336
William Henry Dick-Cunyngham - 13th December 1879 (VC No. 352) 338
Arthur George Hammond - 14th December 1879 (VC No. 353) 341
William John Vousden - 14th December 1879 (VC No. 354) 343
George Sellar - 14th December 1879 (VC No. 355) 345
Patrick Mullane - 27th July 1880 (VC No. 356) 346
James Collis - 28th July 1880 (VC No. 357) 348
William St Lucien Chase - 16th August 1880 (VC No. 358) 350
Thomas Elsdon Ashford - 16th August 1880 (VC No. 359) 352
Teignmouth Melvill - 22nd January 1879 (VC No. 360) 354
X CONTENTS
Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill - 22nd January 1879 (VC No. 361) 356
Samuel Wassail - 22nd January 1879 (VC No. 362) 358
John Rouse Merriot Chard - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 363) 360
Gonville Bromhead - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 364) 362
James Henry Reynolds - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 365) 365
James Langley Dalton - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 366) 367
William Wilson Allen (Allan) - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 367) 369
Christian Ferdinand (Frederick) Schiess - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 368) 371
Alfred Henry Hook - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 369) 372
William Jones - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 370) 374
Robert Jones - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 371) 376
John Williams (Fielding) - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 372) 378
Frederick Hitch - 22nd/23rd January 1879 (VC No. 373) 380
Anthony Clarke Booth - 12th March 1879 (VC No. 374) 383
Redvers Henry Buller - 28th March 1879 (VC No. 375) 385
William Knox Leet - 28th March 1879 (VC No. 376) 391
Henry Lysons - 28th March 1879 (VC No. 377) 393
Edmund John Fowler - 28th March 1879 (VC No. 378) 396
Edward Stevenson Browne - 29th March 1879 (VC No. 379) 398
William Leslie De La Poer Beresford - 3rd July 1879 (VC No. 380) 401
Henry Cecil Dudgeon D’Arcy - 3rd July 1879 (VC No. 381) 404
Edmund O’Toole - 3rd July 1879 (VC No. 382) 406
Richard Kirby Ridgeway - 22nd November 1879 (VC No. 383) 407
Robert George Scott - 8th April 1879 (VC No. 384) 409
Peter Brown - 8th April 1879 (VC No. 385) 411
Edmund Baron Hartley - 5th June 1879 (VC No. 386) 412
Francis Fitzpatrick - 28th November 1879 (VC No. 387) 413
Thomas Flawn - 28th November 1879 (VC No. 388) 414
John Frederick McCrea - 14th January 1881 (VC No. 389) 416
James Murray - 16th January 1881 (VC No. 390) 417
John Danaher (Danagher) - 16th January 1881 (VC No. 391) 418
Alan Richard Hill (Hill-Walker) - 28th January 1881 (VC No. 392) 420
John Doogan - 28th January 1881 (VC No. 393) 422
James Osborne - 22nd February 1881 (VC No. 394) 424
Joseph John Farmer - 27th February 1881 (VC No. 395) 425
Israel Harding - 11th July 1882 (VC No. 396) 427
Frederick Corbett (David Embleton) - 5th August 1882 (VC No. 397) 430
William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards - 13th September 1882 (VC No. 398) 433
Arthur Knyvet Wilson - 29th February 1884 (VC No. 399) 435
William Thomas Marshall - 29th February 1884 (VC No. 400) 442
Percival Scrope Marling - 13th March 1884 (VC No. 401) 445
Thomas Edwards - 13th March 1884 (VC No. 402) 450
Alfred Smith - 17th January 1885 (VC No. 403) 452
John Crimmin - 1st January 1889 (VC No. 404) 453
Ferdinand Simeon Le Quesne - 4th May 1889 (VC No. 405) 455
Bibliography and Sources 458
Index 459
CONTENTS
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