Ebook History of the Corps of Royal Engineers

The Abyssinian War, 1867-1868; Difficulties of the Undertaking – Command given to Sir R. Napier, R.E. – Zoolla selected as the Base of Operations – Construction of Piers – Roads – Tube Wells and Pumps – Telegraphs – Flag Signallers – Photographers – Engineer Park – Advance to Magdala – Description of the Position – Attack of the Abyssinians – Their Defeat – Subsequent Negotiations – Assault Ordered – Capture of the Place – The Return – Death of Lieutenant Morgan; The Ashanti War, 1873-1874; Difficulties of the Operation – Mode of Advance – Home's First Experiences – Description of the Mansue Station and of the Huts constructed for the Troops – List of Stations to the Prah – Different Forms of Bridges – Crossing Swamps – Sickness amongst the Engineers – Road Clearing – The Telegraph – The Steam Sapper – Advance to Amoaful – Collision with the Enemy – Captain Buckle killed – Advance on Coomassie – Lieutenant Bell's Gallantry – Destruction of Coomassie – Return of the Force – Difficulty with the Gridges – Embarkation for England; South African Wars, 1847-1885; Kaffir Wars of 1847-1848 and 1850-1853 – Captain Tylden and his Native Levy – Attack on the Sappers under Moody at Koonap Hill – Zulu Campaign – Composition of the Columns of Attack – The Isandlwana Disaster – Death of Colonel Durnford – Defence of Rorke's Drift – Advance of Pearson's Column on Ekowe – Wynne's Diary – Wood's Column – Hill – The Bechuanaland Expedition under Major-General Warren, in 1885 – Advance to Mafeking – Water Supply – Church Built by the Engineers – Warren's Reception at Capetown