With H.M. 9th Lancers During the Indian Mutiny: Letters from an Officer of the Delhi Spearmen on Campaign in India, 1857-58

by O. H. S. G. Anson

Book Overview

The Lancers of the Queen on campaign in India

The letters in this book were written by Brevet-Major Anson, of H. M 9th Lancers, to his wife who was residing at Kussowlee in the Himalayan foothills near Shimla. Anson was an experienced officer at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, with some twenty years service in the sub-continent, having fought at Punniar in the Gwalior War of 1843, at Sobraon, 1846, during the First Sikh War and Gujerat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857067060
• ISBN13: 9780857067067
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"