Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 46313-h.htm or 46313-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46313/46313-h/46313-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46313/46313-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/jonesof64thtaleo00brer Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). JONES OF THE 64TH * * * * * * BLACKIE & SON LIMITED 50 Old Bailey, LONDON 17 Stanhope Street, GLASGOW BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED Warwick House, Fort Street, BOMBAY BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED 1118 Bay Street, TORONTO * * * * * * [Illustration: SUDDENLY THE MAHRATTA TWISTED IN HIS SADDLE, AIMED AT HIS HEAD, AND FIRED _Page 217_ _Frontispiece_] JONES OF THE 64TH A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree by COLONEL F. S. BRERETON Author of "Roger the Bold" "The Great Airship" "Colin the Scout" "A Knight of St. John" &c. Illustrated by W. Rainey, R.I. Blackie & Son Limited London and Glasgow * * * * * * By Colonel F. S. Brereton On the Field of Waterloo. The Great Airship. With the Allies to the Rhine. Under French's Command. Colin the Scout. With Allenby in Palestine. A Hero of Panama. Foes of the Red Cockade. Under the Chinese Dragon. A Sturdy Young Canadian. How Canada was Won. John Bargreave's Gold. With Shield and Assegai. With Rifle and Bayonet. In the King's Service. The Dragon of Pekin. One of the Fighting Scouts. A Knight of St. John. Roger the Bold. The Rough Riders of the Pampas. Indian and Scout. The Great Aeroplane. Tom Stapleton. A Boy of the Dominion. * * * * * * Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow Contents