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A. L. Haydon. The Book of the V.C
The Book of the V.C
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE BOOK OF THE V.C
CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF THE VICTORIA CROSS AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION
CHAPTER II. THE CRIMEA.—THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA
CHAPTER III. THE CRIMEA.—IN THE BALACLAVA CHARGES
CHAPTER IV. THE CRIMEA.—THE HEROES OF INKERMAN
CHAPTER V. THE CRIMEA.—WITH THE SAPPERS AND MINERS.—IN TRENCH AND RIFLE-PIT
CHAPTER VI. THE CRIMEAN CROSSES OF THE NAVY
CHAPTER VII. PERSIA.—HOW THE SQUARE WAS BROKEN
CHAPTER VIII. INDIA.—THE GALLANT NINE AT DELHI
CHAPTER IX. INDIA.—WITH SABRE AND GUN AGAINST SEPOY
CHAPTER X. INDIA.—THE BLOWING UP OF THE CASHMERE GATE
CHAPTER XI. INDIA.—THE STORY OF KOLAPORE KERR
CHAPTER XII. INDIA.—THE DEFENCE OF THE DHOOLIES
CHAPTER XIII. INDIA.—THREE BRAVE CIVILIANS: MANGLES, MCDONELL, AND “LUCKNOW” KAVANAGH
CHAPTER XIV. INDIA.—SOME OTHER CROSSES OF THE MUTINY
CHAPTER XV. IN THE SIXTIES.—CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, WEST AFRICA, AND CANADA
CHAPTER XVI. NEW ZEALAND.—FIGHTING THE MAORIS
CHAPTER XVII. IN ASHANTI BUSH AND MALAY JUNGLE
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW SOME AFGHAN CROSSES WERE WON
CHAPTER XIX. MAIWAND.—A GUNNER’S STORY
CHAPTER XX. ZULULAND.—THE DASH WITH THE COLOURS FROM ISANDHLANA
CHAPTER XXI. ZULULAND.—HOW THEY HELD THE POST AT RORKE’S DRIFT
CHAPTER XXII. SOME OTHER ZULU AND SOME BASUTO CROSSES
CHAPTER XXIII. SOUTH AFRICA.—AGAINST BOERS AND MATABELE
CHAPTER XXIV. IN EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN
CHAPTER XXV. V.C. HEROES OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW SURGEON-CAPTAIN WHITCHURCH WON FAME
CHAPTER XXVII. WHEN THE AFRIDIS WERE UP
CHAPTER XXVIII. SOUTH AFRICA.—THE V.C.’S OF THE SECOND BOER WAR
CHAPTER XXIX. SOMALILAND—NIGERIA—TIBET
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. ROYAL WARRANTS
APPENDIX B. THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE V.C
The Navy
The Royal Marines
The Army
APPENDIX C. WARS AND CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH THE VICTORIA CROSS HAS BEEN WON, FROM 1854 TO 1904
APPENDIX D. COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE V.C
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A. L. Haydon
A record of the deeds of heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its institution in 1857 to the present time
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It is not remembered as it should be that there were two brilliant charges made at Balaclava, on that grey day of October 25th, 1854. Tennyson’s stirring lines in honour of the Charge of the Light Brigade have given enduring fame to the “noble Six Hundred,” but the exploit of the “Three Hundred,” the Heavy Brigade, should make the name of Balaclava equally thrilling to us.
The Heavy Brigade was composed of squadrons of the 4th and 5th Dragoon Guards, Scots Greys, Inniskilling Dragoons, and the 1st Royals, under the command of Brigadier-General Yorke Scarlett. At an early stage of the fight Scarlett was proceeding with his brigade to the support of the “thin red line” which was bearing the brunt of the Russian attack, when suddenly a huge mass of Russian cavalry, Cossacks and others, 3000 strong, loomed up on the heights to their left.
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