Among the immense mass of literature dealing with the events in India in 1857, 1858, and 1859, there exists no brief general account of the purely military events of the great struggle. This book is a humble attempt to remedy the deficiency, and
no one can be more aware than the author of its shortcomings. Nevertheless, in the hope that it may be of some use to those commencing a study of one of our greatest " Small Wars," and that it may possibly afford a certain assistance to those whose time is limited, and who yet wish to obtain a general knowledge of the military problems
presented to us by the political exigencies of our great oversea Empire, this little book is now published.