PfiS.l.Tl.is* Now Ready, Handsomely Bound in Cloth, Crown Boo, 2/6. THE MOUTH: With Special Reference to the SCIENCE of DENTISTRY. BY Dr JOHN STEWART, F.S.Se., (Land.), Surgeon-Dentist, DUNDEE, Author of “The Teeth, and How to Preserve Them.” Glasgow: Jas. M'Geachy & Co., Union St. Dundee: William Kidd, Whitehall St. “ The explanation of the structure of the teeth and their manner of growth is interesting. ... Dr Stewart cites several cases of toothache causing symptoms similar to those popularly ascribed to madness, and pertinently suggests that if this fact was oftener borne in mind there would not be so much outcry about hydro- phobia.”—The Glasgow Herald. “ All who have toothache, all who can recall its agonies, and all who desire to keep out of its clutches, should read the newly published book on‘The Mouth,’by Dr Stewart. 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SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., K.C.B., &C., &C., THE PERSONAL FRIEND OF LORD CLYDE, HIS SUCCESSOR IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE, AND THE INHERITOR OF HIS SWORD OF HONOUR ; A BRAVE SOLDIER AND ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN ; Gbls Volume IS, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS, Page Introduction, 9 Chapter THE CRIMEA. I. The Battle of the Alma, 15 II. Do. do. fcontinuedJ, ... 28 III. The Battle of Balaclava, 34 IV. Life in the Trenches, 43 V. Before the Indian Mutiny—The 78th in Persia, . 57 THE INDIAN MUTINY. VI. The Outbreak 67 VII. Advance of Havelock’s Column to Cawnpore, . 80 VIII. Battle of Cawnpore, and Scene in the City, . 91 IX. The First and Second Advances on Lucknow, . 103 X. The Third Advance on Lucknow, . 112 XI. First Relief of Lucknow, 123 XII. After the First Relief of Lucknow, . .134 XIII. The 93rd at Lucknow, 147 XIV. Capture of the Secundra-Bagh, .... 157 XV. The Second Relief of Lucknow, .... 168 XVI. Windham’s Peril at Cawnpore—Sir Colin’s Dash to his Relief, 180 XVII. The Third Attack on Lucknow, .... 191 XVIII. The Capture of Lucknow, 199 XIX. The Campaign in Rohilcund, . 210 XX. The Battle of Bareilly, 222 XXI. Close of the 42nd’s share in the Campaign, . 230 XXII. Return Home of the 93rd, 238 VI CONTENTS. RECENT SERVICES OF HIGHLAND REGIMENTS. Chapter fage XXIII. The 42nd in Ashantee, * 245 XXIV. The Afghan Campaigns, ■ 263 XXV. Do. do. (continued), . .273 XXVI. Do. do. do., . 280 XXVII. The 92nd on Majuba Hill, 288 XXVIII. The Highland Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir, 297 XXIX. The Highland Regiments in the Soudan, 307 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece—Memorial to 42nd Highlanders at Dunkeld. Piige Sir Colin Campbell, 20 General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, K.C.B., . 23 Sketch showing the Highland Brigade’s Advance at the Alma. 26 General Sir John Douglas, G.C.B., 29 Sketch Map showing the Theatre of War in the Crimea, . 33 Monument in Memory of the Officers and Men of the 79th Highlanders who died in Bulgaria and the Crimea, in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, 54 General Outram, 59 Sketch Map showing Main Theatre of Indian Mutiny, . 78 General Havelock, 81 Memorial over Well at Cawnpore, 100 Mausoleum at Well of Cawnpore, 101 General Sir J. E. W. Inglis, 114 Sir H. W. Stisted, K.C.B., 116 Sketch Plan showing Route of Havelock’s Advance to the Residency at Lucknow, 131 Monument to the 78th on Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh, 143 ILLUSTRATIONS. vii Centre-Piece for Officers’ Mess of 78th, presented by the Page Counties of Ross and Cromarty 144 Brigadier-General Adrian Hope, 149 Ground Plan of Secundra-Bagh, 159 Lieutenant-General F. W. Traill-Burroughs, C.B., . 166 Bird’s-Eye View of Lucknow from River Goomtee, . 171 Sergeant John Paton, Y.C., . 174 East View of Residency at Lucknow—After the Evacuation, . 178 Lieutenant-Colons! Leith Hay, 201 Major-General William M‘Bean, V.C 205 Major Simpson, V.C., 216 Sergeant Alexander Thompson, Y.C., 218 Flags carried by the 93rd Highlanders through the Indian Mutiny War, . 241 General Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., &c., . 247 General Sir John M'Leod, K.C.B., 257 General Sir Frederick Roberts, V.C., . 265 Colours of the 72nd, Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders, . 268 Lieutenant-Colonel Brownlow, C.B., 72nd Highlanders, . 284 General Sir G. P. Colley, 294 Granite Monument to Gordon Highlanders, in Duthie Park, Aberdeen, 296 Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Alison, K.C.B., . 299 INTRODUCTION. «COTSMEN all the world over take a patriotic interest in the achievements of the Highland Brigade. They look upon the tartan-clad warriors with peculiar pride, regarding them as approaching more nearly to their ideal of the invincible than any others of the gallant corps of which the British Army is composed. In the opinion of the Scot the honours of the Highlanders shed lustre upon himself; with their prowess he regards himself as in some remote way identified; and he carries his head more proudly as the oft-told story of their victories is spoken in his hearing. This pride with which the Highlanders are regarded is justifiable. Without disparagement to any of the other brave corps which go to swell the strength of Her Majesty’s Army, and whose nobly won honours form an imperishable record, we affirm that each Highland B 10 THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE. Regiment is entitled to claim the distinction of beings a “ crack corps.” Since the first encounter of the 42nd with the French at St Antoine, the Highlanders have had a heavy share of the fighting in nearly all the campaigns in which the British have been engaged, and have so distinguished themselves that a Highland Brigade is now looked upon as an indispensable part of the composition of every considerable fighting force sent from Britain. They have won the confidence of every General under whom they have served, and have ever been equal to the most trying tasks. The Regiments at the time of their formation were drawn from a warlike race—much occupied, and highly accomplished, in the art of fighting. The Scottish Highlanders were, in the early part of the 18th century, to a man trained to the use of arms, and it was a wise judgment which suggested the Highlands as a recruit- ing ground. In all the Sovereign’s wide realms could be found no such chivalrous, true-hearted, brave-souled men; nor could they be equalled in those physical qualities which were so much demanded in the harass- ing system under which war was at the time conducted. Those were the days in which the lithe limb and strong arm were of more importance than they are in the campaigning of to-day, when, with certain powers of endurance understood, science has reduced warfare almost to the dead level of a problem in mathematics. INTRODUCTION 11 It was in these qualities of limb that the Highlanders excelled. They were strong and muscular, accus- tomed to violent exercises and fatiguing marches. Their country, with its darksome passes and rugged heights, its treacherous moors and plunging torrents, was to a stranger wild and forbidding. But to them it was a rough training-ground, calculated to bring forth all that was robust and manly in their frame. That such a recruiting field should ever have been exhausted— as practically exhausted it has become—is a thought which almost tempts the pen into a channel of bitter reflection. It was of such men that the first Highland Regiments were composed—true Highlanders every officer and man. At Fontenoy not a soldier in the 42nd had been born south of the Grampians. At first they were watched with coldly critical eyes; they were regarded as semi-barbarians, who could never be sub- jected to the discipline imposed upon ordinary troops, as men whose presence might indeed have a prejudicial effect upon those with whom they were associated. But they quickly disarmed all such ignorant doubts. In the barrack-room their conduct was irreproachable; in the field their heroism was a theme of wonder. Whatever their post, that post was secure; whatever their duty, that duty was performed. The greater the danger opposed to them the greater the honour achieved. Their charging cheer was the shout of 12 THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE. victory—or, if victory was impossible, it was still the triumphant cry of men who elected to die—their face to the foe, and their latest effort a death grapple. Since those days the composition of the Highland Regiments has changed—and changed, it is alleged, to an extent which threatens to utterly destroy their distinctive character and serviceableness in the field. The allegation, coming from men who are equally acquainted with the genuine soldierly qualities of true Highlanders and with the rather different qualities of the Cockney recruits who are sometimes drafted into the Highland Regiments, must, we fear, be accepted with less doubt than is agreeable.