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      The History of Lumsden's Horse

      A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066216160

Table of Contents

       APPENDICES

       INTRODUCTION

       CHAPTER I HOW THE CORPS WAS RAISED AND EQUIPPED

       CHAPTER II PREPARING FOR THE FRONT—DEPARTURE FROM CALCUTTA

       CHAPTER III OUTWARD BOUND

       CHAPTER IV NEARING THE GOAL—DISEMBARKATION AT CAPE TOWN AND EAST LONDON

       CHAPTER V AN INTERLUDE—THE RESULTS OF SANNA’S POST

       CHAPTER VI BY RAIL AND ROUTE MARCH TO BLOEMFONTEIN

       CHAPTER VII IMPRESSIONS OF BLOEMFONTEIN—JOIN THE 8th MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT ON OUTPOST

       CHAPTER VIII THE BAPTISM OF FIRE—LUMSDEN’S HORSE AT OSPRUIT (HOUTNEK)

       CHAPTER IX AFTER OSPRUIT—SOME TRIBUTES TO MAJOR SHOWERS AND OTHER HEROES

       CHAPTER X PRISONERS OF WAR

       CHAPTER XI TOWARDS PRETORIA—LUMSDEN’S HORSE SCOUTING AHEAD OF THE ARMY FROM BLOEMFONTEIN TO THE VAAL RIVER

       CHAPTER XII JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA IN OUR HANDS

       CHAPTER XIII ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION AT IRENE, KALFONTEIN, ZURFONTEIN, AND SPRINGS—THE PRETORIA PAPER-CHASE

       CHAPTER XIV ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS—BOER SCOUTING—A RECONNAISSANCE TO CROCODILE RIVER—FAREWELL TO COLONEL ROSS

       CHAPTER XV A MARCH UNDER MAHON OF MAFEKING TO RUSTENBURG AND WARMBATHS—IN PURSUIT OF DE WET

       CHAPTER XVI EASTWARD TO BELFAST AND BARBERTON UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND MAHON

       CHAPTER XVII MARCHING AND FIGHTING—FROM MACHADODORP TO HEIDELBERG AND PRETORIA UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND DICKSON

       CHAPTER XVIII HOMEWARD BOUND—APPROBATION FROM LORD ROBERTS—CAPE TOWN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS—FAREWELL TO SOUTH AFRICA

       CHAPTER XIX THE RETURN TO INDIA—WELCOME HOME—HONOURS AND ORATIONS—DISBANDMENT

       CHAPTER XX A STIRRING SEQUEL—THE STORY OF THOSE WHO STAYED—MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE

       APPENDICES

       APPENDIX I ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT

       APPENDIX II MOBILISATION SECTION, ARMY HEADQUARTERS

       APPENDIX III THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK

       APPENDIX IV

       APPENDIX V HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS

       APPENDIX VI

       APPENDIX VII LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND

       APPENDIX VIII FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CORPS

       APPENDIX IX LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE

       APPENDIX X THE FINAL ACCOUNTS

       APPENDIX XI LUMSDEN’S HORSE TRANSPORT

       APPENDIX XII TOPICAL SONG

       INDEX

       APPENDICES

       Table of Contents

I.	ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT	427
II.	MOBILISATION SCHEME FOR LUMSDEN’S HORSE	437
III.	THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK	446
IV.	LIST OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.S, AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED DECORATIONS, COMMISSIONS, OR CIVIL APPOINTMENTS	454
V.	HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS	456
VI.	HONORARY RANK IN THE ARMY	461
VII.	LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND	462
VIII.	FRIENDS