Sahib by Richard Holmes Page A

198–9
    Rheygur, capture (1818) 279
    Richards, Private Frank 100, 128, 143, 150, 174–5, 187, 218, 253, 452–3, 482, 502–3
    Richmond, Richard 108
    Ridges, Dr Josiah 438
    rifle stealing, precautions against 174
    rifles
    Enfield 73, 353–4
    Lee-Enfield 356
    Lee-Metford 356, 357
    Martini–Henry 82, 354, 356
    Snider 82, 174, 354, 355, 356
    Ripon, George Robinson, Marquess of [Viceroy, 1880–84] 453
    river transport 27
    Roach, John 308–9
    Roberts, Major General Sir Abraham 113, 246, 504
    Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, VC xxiv, xxvi, 183, 195, 206, 240, 270, 299, 323, 328–9, 363, 467, 472, 498, 504
    as young officer 95, 113, 246
    during Mutiny 207, 241–2, 405
    earns VC 326, 345
    in Second Afghan War 86, 398–401
    as C-in-C, India 259
    Roberts, Lady Nora 472, 498
    Robertson, Sergeant 378
    Roe, Captain Peter 92
    Rose, Captain Herbert 412
    Rose, Major General Sir Hugh 78–9
    Rosney, Private 456
    Ross, Surgeon Alexander 481
    Ross, Captain Claye xxviii
    Ross, Private Johnny 479–80
    Ross, Sir Robert 257
    Rotton, Revd John Edward Wharton 408–9, 464–5, 466
    Rowe, Private James 425
    Royal Artillery 216, 231, 242, 253, 255
    Royal Engineers 220, 231, 253
    Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 231, 250
    Royal Military Artificers and Labourers 220
    Royal Military College, Sandhurst 250, 253
    Royal Navy 109
    rum 418
    Rumbold, Sir Thomas 50
    Russell, Lieutenant 316
    Russell, Sir William H. 26, 32, 135, 146, 157, 279, 293, 395, 410, 448–9, 492
    Russia, threat to British India 55
    Ryan, Lady 442
    Ryan, Lieutenant Colonel 18
    Ryan, Major 308
    Ryan, Private John, VC 235
    Ryan, Private Michael, VC 235
    Ryder, Corporal John xxiv, 318, 343, 383, 389, 427, 502
    ryots 40, 41
    sabres 350, 359, 360
    Sadusam, battle (1848) 438
    sahib, title xxiii–xxiv
    St James’s Church, Delhi 459
    St John’s Church, Calcutta 220
    Sale, Florentia, Lady 35, 56
    Sale, Major General Sir Robert 57, 321, 324, 396, 397, 398, 408, 446
    Sandys, Lieutenant Colonel Edward 221
    Sansor Chand 305
    Sappers and Miners 220
    Saragarhi (1897) 287–8
    Sassneg (1802) 376–7
    Satara, annexation of 70
    Sayer, Sir John 445
    scabbards 349, 361
    Scindia, Daulat Rao, of Gwalior 54, 55
    Scindia, Sir Jayaji Rao, Maharajah of Gwalior 212
    Scott, Lieutenant Charles 94–5
    Scott, Captain Richard 477
    scurvy 475
    sepoy regiments, in the Mutiny 258
    sepoys, British opinion of 293–302
    sergeant majors 219, 220
    sergeants 219
    Seringapatam, capture (1799) 217, 333, 386–7
    servants 155, 267–8, 492–3
    Seully, Private Thomas 457
    Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor 43
    Shah Shujah, Amir of Kabul 55, 56, 59, 201
    Shakespear, Major Sir Richmond C. 324
    Sham Singh 16
    Shams-ud-din Khan, Nawab of Ferozepore 214
    Shawe, Lieutenant Colonel 225
    Shelton, Brigadier 228–9
    Shepherd, James 305
    Sher Ali, Amir of Afghanistan 86
    Sher Singh 62
    Sherer, J. W. 136, 166, 198, 300, 469–70
    Sherpur, battle (1880) 86, 398–401
    Shikarpore Hunt 167
    Shipp, John xxiv, 105, 118, 172, 184, 221–2, 278–9, 288, 318, 335, 387–8, 404, 411, 431, 434
    Shivaji, Maratha ruler 40
    shooting 164
    shooting expeditions (shikar) 165
    Shore, Sir John [Governor General, 1792–97] (later 1st Baron Teignmouth) 53–4
    Showers, Lieutenant Colonel 477
    Showers, Brigadier St George 230, 316, 341
    Shrapnel, Lieutenant Henry 337
    Shujah-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Oudh 49
    siege warfare 375–401
    Sikander Lodi, Sultan of Delhi 38
    Sikh army (the Khalsa) 5, 62–3
    artillery 8–9, 333
    cavalry 359–60
    at Sobraon (1846) 7, 10–11, 14, 16–17
    Sikh service
    British in 304–5, 305–6, 310
    foreigners in 306–7
    Sikh Wars xxxi, 6
    First (1845–46) 5, 63–6
    [Battles: (1) Mudki, (2) Ferozeshah, (3) Aliwal, (4) Sobraon]
    Second (1848–49) 66–9
    [Battles: (1) Multan, (2) Ramnagar, (3) Chillianwallah, (4) Gujrat]
    Sikhs 36, 40, 55, 61, 202, 295–6, 311
    Simla 181–2
    Sind, annexation of (1843) 60–1
    Sind Club, Karachi 119
    Sind Frontier Force 192, 194
    Sind service, British in 304,