TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. English Men of Action COLIN CAMPBELL LORD CLYDE [Illustration: (Publisher's colophon.)] [Illustration: SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, LORD CLYDE After the Picture by Sir FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A.] COLIN CAMPBELL LORD CLYDE BY ARCHIBALD FORBES London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1895 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY LIFE--THE PENINSULA 1 CHAPTER II COLONIAL AND HOME SERVICE 22 CHAPTER III CHINA AND INDIA 39 CHAPTER IV THE CRIMEA 82 CHAPTER V THE INDIAN MUTINY--ORGANISATION--RELIEF OF LUCKNOW--DEFEAT OF GWALIOR CONTINGENT 110 CHAPTER VI THE STORMING OF LUCKNOW 144 CHAPTER VII THE CAMPAIGN IN ROHILCUND 173 CHAPTER VIII THE CAMPAIGN IN CENTRAL INDIA 187 CHAPTER IX THE PACIFICATION OF OUDE--END OF THE MUTINY 198 CHAPTER X FROM SIMLA TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY 212 CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE--THE PENINSULA