A Short Account, in the Form of a Diary, of the Movements and Operations of the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry in the Burma Campaign of 1886-87.

INDIAN ARMY.

Published by Bombay: Printed at the Times of India Steam Press, 1889

About this Item

Sole edition, association copy, inscribed to his son by Colonel Charles FitzGerald, commander of the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent, on the front free endpaper, "To dearest Arthur, from Father 1902." The recipient (1891-1967) was the author's son by his second wife. We have traced only the British Library copy of this account. Charles John Oswald FitzGerald (1840-1912) joined the Indian Army in 1857 and served in the Rebellion. He was appointed Adjutant, 3rd Hyderabad in 1862, commanded the contingent during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, and was promoted to colonel in 1883. The majority of the text comprises FitzGerald's reports on the course of the Burma campaign, during which his cavalry had 27 separate encounters with enemy forces, and is accompanied by extracts from brigade orders praising FitzGerald and his contingent: "the names of Colonel FitzGerald and the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry will be remembered in Burma, and I trust will be written in the history of the country" (p. 37). Octavo. With folding 215 x 277 mm albumen group portrait bound in on card as issued. Original red roan boards, front cover lettered in gilt. Leather retouched in places, a few stains on boards, albumen photograph somewhat yellowed: a very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Short Account, in the Form of a Diary, of the Movements and Operations of the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry in the Burma Campaign of 1886-87.
• Publisher: Bombay: Printed at the Times of India Steam Press, 1889
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)