With Them Goes Light Bobbee: A First Hand Account of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, by a Junior Officer of the 52nd Light Infantry

Hard fighting with the Light Infantry at Delhi

The author of this book, a young ensign aged just nineteen years old when the events he describes were experienced, was a member of the 52nd Light Infantry serving in India in 1857 as the Sepoy Mutiny burst like a storm of fire and blood upon the imperial sub-continent. As one of the most junior officers in his regiment, his campaign and combat experiences are equally as immediate as those of the other ranks in whose midst he marched and fought ...