INDIAN MUTINY AND BEYOND

the long version

"[This book] is a ... collection of rare contemporary correspondence from a winner of the Victoria Cross during the insurrection. Robert Shebbeare went out as a cadet to India at the age of seventeen and, after a spell of regimental duty, he was caught up in the ... events of the Indian Mutiny. With fellow officers he managed to escape to Delhi, where he was attached to the Guides, and he took part in most of the action during the long hot summer of 1857. He was wounded six times and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the storming of the city on September 14th. He raised a new regiment, the 15th Punjab, which volunteered for service in China and took part in the advance on Peking in 1860 ... His story is told through ... correspondence which he sent home between 1844 and 1860"--Jacket.