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Title: John Nicholson
The Lion of the Punjaub

Author: R. E. Cholmeley

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JOHN NICHOLSON

"The Lion of the Punjaub"

by

R. E. CHOLMELEY

"My Lord, you may rely upon this, that if ever
there is a desperate deed to be done in India,
John Nicholson is the man to do it."
Sir Herbert Edwardes to Lord Canning,
_March_ 1857.

With Eight Coloured Plates

[Frontispiece: "'Seize those men!' commanded Nicholson fiercely, as he
pointed out the ringleaders."]

London:
Andrew Melrose
16 Pilgrim Street, E.C.
1908

TO

GILBERT BRANDON WHITE

CONTENTS

Chap.

I. Eastward Ho!
II. Fighting the Afghans
III. One of Lawrence's Lieutenants
IV. The Second Sikh War
V. On Furlough
VI. The Master of Bannu
VII. The Great Mutiny
VIII. With the Movable Column
IX. Before Delhi
X. In the Hour of Victory

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Seize those men!" commanded Nicholson
fiercely, as he pointed out the ringleaders . . . _Frontispiece_

One by one dropped through into the narrow street below

They seated themselves and fixed their eyes
upon the object of their adoration

"You have just five minutes to read it and
give me any message for your husband"

They saw Nicholson himself fastened with ropes to a tree

Portrait of John Nicholson

He saw Nicholson's great form riding steadily
on as if nothing was the matter

A sepoy leaned out . . . and pointed his
musket at the tall figure beneath him

JOHN NICHOLSON

CHAPTER I.

EASTWARD HO!

High up on the crest