The book was part of Mundell’s “Daring Deeds Library” (which also included titles such as Stories of the Coal Mine; Stories of the Royal Humane Society; Stories of the Fire Brigade; Stories of the Victoria Cross; Stories of the Lifeboat; Stories of North Pole Adventure).
No preface
Epigraph [8]
Thus saith the Queen: “For him who gave
His life as nothing in the fight,
So he from Russian wrong might save
My crown, my people, and my right;
Let there be made a cross of bronze,
And grave thereon my queenly crest;
Write ‘Valour’ on its haughty scroll,
And hang it on his breast.”
Thus saith the Land: “He who shall bear
Victoria’s Cross upon his breast,
In token that he did not fear
To die, had need been, for her rest;
For the dear sake of her who gives,
And the high deeds of him who wears,
Shall, high of low, all honour have,
From all through all his years.”
Sir Edwin Arnold
Contents
I. The Victoria Cross 9II. Heroes of the Alma 14
III. Heroes of Inkerman 21
IV. The Noble Six Hundred 27
V. The Lady with the Lamp 34
VI. The Gallant Nine 41
VII. Three to One 46
VIII. Humane and Brave 50
IX. A Brave Surgeon 55
X. The Hero of Kolapore 63
XI ‘Lucknow’ Kavanagh 69
XII. Breaking the Square 77
XIII. Storming the Takoo Forts 83
XIV Storming the Gate Pah 90
XV. Saving the Colours 95
XVI. The Heroic Defence of Rorke’s Drift 100
XVII. Storming of the Inhlobane Mountain 109
XVIII. The Attack on Morosi’s Mountain 115
XIX. A Desperate Encounter 122
XX. Lieutenant Hamilton’s Bravery 126
XXI. The Battle of Maiwand 132
XXII. The Battle of El Teb 140
XXIII The Battle of Abu Klea 145
XXIV The Hero of Manipur 150