The English land without tents--Mr. Kinglake shows off before Lord Raglan--The Alma--Strange escapes--Looted houses--Fair plunder--Balaklava Bay--Horses lost at sea--A derelict worth having--Jack very helpful--The Heavy and Light Brigades--Spies--Fraternizing 110-125 CHAPTER IX AFTER INKERMANN (1854) Valiant deeds--Lord Raglan under fire--Tryon the best shot--A Prince’s button--A cold Christmas--Savage horses--The Mamelon redoubt--Corporal Quin--Colonel Zea 126-136 CHAPTER X THE INDIAN MUTINY--DELHI (1857-1858) The Mutiny begins--A warning from a sepoy--A near thing--A noble act of a native officer--In camp at Delhi with no kit--A plan that failed--Our first check--Wilson in command--Seaton wounded--Arrival of Nicholson--Captures guns--The assault--The fate of the Princes--Pandy in a box 137-158 CHAPTER XI THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW (31ST OF MAY TO 25TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1857) Firing at close quarters--Adventures of fugitives--Death of Sir H. Lawrence--His character--Difficulty of sending letters--Mines and counter-mines--Fulton killed--Signs of the relief coming--A great welcome--Story of the escape from Cawnpore 159-174 CHAPTER XII THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (1857) The scene at Cawnpore--Fights before Lucknow--Nearly blown up--A hideous nightmare--Cheering a runaway--All safe out of the Residency--A quick march back--Who stole the biscuits?--Sir Colin’s own regiment 175-190 CHAPTER XIII RUNNING THE BLOCKADE (1861) North _v._ South--A new President hates slavery--Port Sumter is bombarded--Ladies on the house-top--Niggers don’t mind shells--A blockade-runner comes to Oxford--The _Banshee_ strips for the race--Wilmington--High pay--Lights out--Cast the lead--A stern chase--The run home--Lying _perdu_--The _Night-hawk_ saved by Irish humour--Southern need at the end of the war--Negro dignity waxes big 191-201 CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST IRONCLADS (1862) Will they sink or swim?--Captain Ericsson, the Swede--The _Merrimac_ raised and armoured--The _Monitor_ built by private venture--_Merrimac_ surprises Fort Monroe--The _Cumberland_ attacked--The silent monster comes on--Her ram makes an impression--Morris refuses to strike his flag--The _Cumberland_ goes down--The _Congress_ is next for attention--On fire and forced to surrender--Blows up at midnight--The _Minnesota_ aground shows she can bite--General panic--Was it Providence?--A light at sea--Only a cheese-box on a raft--Sunday’s fight between two monsters--The _Merrimac_ finds she is deeply hurt, wounded to death--The four long hours--Worden and Buchanan both do their best--Signals for help--The fiery end of the _Whitehall_ gunboat 202-212 CHAPTER XV CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862)