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  JONES OF THE 64TH

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  SUDDENLY THE MAHRATTA TWISTED IN HIS SADDLE, AIMED AT HISHEAD, AND FIRED

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  JONES OF THE 64TH

  A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree

  by

  COLONEL F. S. BRERETON

  Author of "Roger the Bold" "The Great Airship""Colin the Scout" "A Knight of St. John" &c.

  Illustrated by W. Rainey, R.I.

  Blackie & Son LimitedLondon and Glasgow

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  By Colonel F. S. Brereton

  On the Field of Waterloo. The Great Airship. With the Allies to the Rhine. Under French's Command. Colin the Scout. With Allenby in Palestine. A Hero of Panama. Foes of the Red Cockade. Under the Chinese Dragon. A Sturdy Young Canadian. How Canada was Won. John Bargreave's Gold. With Shield and Assegai. With Rifle and Bayonet. In the King's Service. The Dragon of Pekin. One of the Fighting Scouts. A Knight of St. John. Roger the Bold. The Rough Riders of the Pampas. Indian and Scout. The Great Aeroplane. Tom Stapleton. A Boy of the Dominion.

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  Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

  Contents

  Chap. Page I. MR. BENJAMIN HALBUT INTERFERES 1 II. A PROTEGE 15 III. FACING A DIFFICULTY 30 IV. A HUNTING EXPEDITION 48 V. THE EAST INDIAMAN ATTACKED 66 VI. A TRAP FOR A TRAP 83 VII. TOUCH AND GO 99 VIII. THE CITY OF PALACES 116 IX. JOHN COMPANY 134 X. A MAHRATTA STRONGHOLD 153 XI. AN OLD MAN'S RUSE 171 XII. THE FIRST ASSAULT 190 XIII. SPECIAL SERVICE 209 XIV. A GLORIOUS VICTORY 228 XV. HOLKAR THE TREACHEROUS 244 XVI. A DANGEROUS FRENCHMAN 262 XVII. OWEN MAKES AN EFFORT 279 XVIII. COLONEL LE POURTON'S LEGACY 295 XIX. THE DECCAN INVINCIBLES 310 XX. AN END TO MYSTERY 328

  Illustrations

  Facing Page SUDDENLY THE MAHRATTA TWISTED IN HIS SADDLE, AIMED AT HIS HEAD, AND FIRED _Frontispiece_

  REACHING UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT HE STRUCK THE MAN ON THE BREAST 104

  HE STRETCHED OUT A HUGE PAW AND DRAGGED OWEN UP 200

  COLONEL LE POURTON WAS STARING DOWN THE MUZZLE OF THE WEAPON 296

  PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE viii

  PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE, Sept. 23, 1803]