Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854...
Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863.
Author: Sydney John COTTON, Sir, K.C.B.
Subjects: North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) -- History, Military
Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley, 1868.
Identify: System number 000797526
Physical Description: xii, 352 p. ; 8º.
UIN: BLL01000797526
Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863. Sydney John COTTON, Sir, K.C.B.
London: Richard Bentley, 1868, 1868. Octavo. Original purple sand-grained cloht much discoloured, title gilt to spine, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Cotton (1792-1874) arrived in India as a cornet without purchase in the 22nd Light Dragoons, becoming lieutenant in 1812. On the disbandment of the regiment he was placed on half-pay but continued to serve in India as a-d-c to Major-General Hare at Bangalore. In 1822 he purchased a company in the Buffs and served as a-d-c to Lord Combermere, Commander-in-Chief in India. Subsequently he was appointed major in the 41st in Burma, later transferring to the 28th in New South Wales. He returned to Bombay with his regiment in time to hear of the disasters in the Khyber Pass, but they were unable to take the field due to an outbreak of cholera. When the 28th was ordered home in 1848 Cotton effected an exchange with Colonel Pennefeather of the 22nd in order to remain in India. In 1853 he commanded a combined force raised in the aftermath of the murder of Colonel Mackesay at Peshawar, proceeding to the Kohat Pass and successfully suppressing the rising. In the same year he commanded the 22nd in a force under Boileau against the Boree Afridis and in 1854 commanded a force of 4,500 against the Mohmands. Exchanging again in 1854, this time to the 10th, he was commanding as brigadier in the Peshawar Valley at the time of the outbreak of the Mutiny. Presented with the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities at a higher level of command he rose to the occasio
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Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863.
Author: Sydney John COTTON, Sir, K.C.B.
Subjects: North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) -- History, Military
Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley, 1868.
Identify: System number 000797526
Physical Description: xii, 352 p. ; 8º.
UIN: BLL01000797526
Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863. Sydney John COTTON, Sir, K.C.B.
London: Richard Bentley, 1868, 1868. Octavo. Original purple sand-grained cloht much discoloured, title gilt to spine, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Cotton (1792-1874) arrived in India as a cornet without purchase in the 22nd Light Dragoons, becoming lieutenant in 1812. On the disbandment of the regiment he was placed on half-pay but continued to serve in India as a-d-c to Major-General Hare at Bangalore. In 1822 he purchased a company in the Buffs and served as a-d-c to Lord Combermere, Commander-in-Chief in India. Subsequently he was appointed major in the 41st in Burma, later transferring to the 28th in New South Wales. He returned to Bombay with his regiment in time to hear of the disasters in the Khyber Pass, but they were unable to take the field due to an outbreak of cholera. When the 28th was ordered home in 1848 Cotton effected an exchange with Colonel Pennefeather of the 22nd in order to remain in India. In 1853 he commanded a combined force raised in the aftermath of the murder of Colonel Mackesay at Peshawar, proceeding to the Kohat Pass and successfully suppressing the rising. In the same year he commanded the 22nd in a force under Boileau against the Boree Afridis and in 1854 commanded a force of 4,500 against the Mohmands. Exchanging again in 1854, this time to the 10th, he was commanding as brigadier in the Peshawar Valley at the time of the outbreak of the Mutiny. Presented with the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities at a higher level of command he rose to the occasio
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