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*[http://archive.org/stream/throughthreecamp00hent#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through Three Campaigns: a Story of Chitral, Tirah, and Ashanti''] by G. A. Henty , illustrated by Wal Paget. c 1904 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*Western Front adventure stories for younger readers by Herbert Strang. gutenberg.org..
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/drawswordsinhors00fenn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Draw swords! : In the Horse Artillery''] by George Manville Fenn 1898. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers about a young officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery, with 8 illustrations.
*[https://archive.org/details/gunrunners00fordiala ''The Gun-Runners''] by W. Dingwall Fordyce c 1900 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers, with a Malayan setting.
:[https://archive.org/details/jewelledlizard00fordiala ''The Jewelled Lizard''] by W. Dingwall Fordyce c 1908 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers, with a Sumatra setting.
→3rd Carnatic War
This category of literature continued to be popular through the Edwardian and later years.
yorkshireThis article is generally in respect of adventure stories for younger readers, written by authors such as George Manville Fenn, G A Henty, Herbert Strang and Percy F. Westerman, although some books below, by authors such as W J Blackledge, Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, and Allan Mallinson were specifically written for adults.
==Also see==
Arranged according to the dates of the campaigns.
=====3rd Carnatic War=====
*[httphttps://www.gutenbergarchive.org/ebooksdetails/clive-command/page/n7/mode/16382 2up ''In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang 1906 Archive.org. Also published with the title available [httphttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41489 16382 Gutenberg.org]. Also published with the title ''One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for India''. =====4th Mysore War=====*[https://archive.org/details/sharpestiger00bern ''Sharpe's Tiger : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799''] by Herbert Strang 1938 reprint, first published 1906Bernard Cornwell 1999. [https://archive.org/details/sharpestigerrich00bern 2nd file] 1999. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061012693/page/n3 3rd file] 2005. All Archive.org Lending Library. :Recommended on the [[Fiction and gutenbergpoetry reading list]]:[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.orgblogspot. An com/2010/07/indian-adventure story for younger readers.html Seringapatam 1] and [http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/indis-sharpes-tiger-siege-seringapatam.html Seringapatam 2]. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
=====2nd Maratha War=====
*[https://archive.org/details/atpointofbayonet00hentuoft ''At the Point of the Bayonet, a Tale of the Mahratta War''] by G A Henty 1902 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sharpestriumphri00corn ''Sharpe's Triumph : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803''] by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sharpesfortressr00corn ''Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur December 1803''] by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library.
: The two ''Sharpe'' books are recommended on the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]]
:[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/battle-of-assaye.html Battle of Assaye] bernardcornwellbookgroup. "...background information on places and characters that are key to the context of the novel"
:[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup.
=====3rd Maratha War=====
*[https://archive.org/details/buglesatdawn0000whit/mode/2up ''Bugles at Dawn''] by Charles Whiting 2007, first published 1990. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/honorablecompany00mall ''Honorable Company : a novel of India before the Raj''] by Allan Mallinson 2000. Archive.org Lending Library. The build up to the 3rd Maratha War. Also published in the UK under the title ''The Nizam's Daughters''.
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Mallinson Allan Mallinson] Wikipedia.
=====1st Burma War=====
*[https://archive.org/details/youngcadetorhenr00hofl ''The Young Cadet, or, Henry Delamere's Voyage to India : with his travels in Hindostan, and his account of the Burmese War and the wonders of Elora''] by Mrs Hofland, 1831 Archive.org. Note: Missing [https://archive.org/stream/youngcadetorhen00bargoog#page/n221/mode/1up final 2 pages] (from another digital file).
:[https://archive.org/details/on_irrawaddy_1008_mh_librivox Librivox Audio version] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006027209 ''Marching to Ava : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by Henry Charles Moore, catalogued 1904. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sabresedge00mall/page/n5 ''The Sabre's Edge''] by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the [[1st Burma War]] and the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826|Siege of Bhurtpore]].
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Mallinson Allan Mallinson] Wikipedia.
=====1st Afghan War=====
*[https://archive.org/details/clevelysahibtale00haye ''Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass''] by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/toheratandcabuls00hentiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''To Herat and Cabul : a Story of the First Afghan War''] by G A Henty (George Alfred) 1901. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/flashman00geor/page/n3 ''Flashman : from the Flashman papers 1839-1842''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1984 edition, first published 1969. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the [[1st Afghan War]].
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
=====1st Sikh War=====
*[https://archive.org/details/flashmanmountain00fras/page/n5 ''Flashman and the Mountain of Light : from the Flashman papers, 1845-46''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1991. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the [[1st Sikh War]].
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
=====2nd Sikh War=====
=====2nd Burma War=====*[httphttps://www.archive.org/streamdetails/throughsikhwarta00hentiala#page/n7/mode/2up cu31924011128265 ''Through the Sikh warBritons at Bay: a tale of the conquest Adventures of Two Midshipmen in the PunjaubSecond Burmese War''] by G. A. Henty 1902, first published 1893 Henry Charles Moore 1900 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
=====Indian Mutiny=====
*''How to Manage It: a Novel'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1864. [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan00pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.I], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan02pricgoog/page/n8/mode/2up Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan01pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.III] Archive.org.
:[http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=241 Iltudus Thomas Prichard] victorianresearch.org.
:He was also the author of the factual account ''The Mutinies in Rajpootana'', see [[Central India Campaign]].
*[https://archive.org/details/00365245.2394.emory.edu ''First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by James Grant 1869 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/eightdaystaleofi00forr ''Eight Days: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by R E Forrest, first published 1891. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ontorescuetaleof00stabiala ''On to the Rescue : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Gordon Stables, Surgeon, Royal Navy. 1894 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/redyearstoryofin00traciala ''The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny''] by Louis Tracy 1907 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449028 ''The Devils Wind''] by Maj. Gen. G.L. Verney 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449028 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. An account of the actions of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Shannon,which participated in the Relief of Lucknow, told through the eyes of a very young sailor. *[https://archive.org/details/flashmaningreatg00fras/page/n3 ''Flashman in the Great Game : from the Flashman papers, 1856-1858'For younger readers'] by George MacDonald Fraser 1989. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the Indian Mutiny. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.*[https://archive.org/details/mutinynovel0000rath_d0k4/mode/2up ''The Mutiny : a Novel''] by Julian Rathbone 2008, first published 2007.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_NoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Childhood in India; or, English Children in the East by the wife of an officer, late of H.M. service''] 1865 (Google Books) . A Tale for Children "Founded on Fact" based on the experiences of a family in India during the Mutiny of 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/begumbaghtaleofi00fenniala ''Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by George Manville Fenn 1879 Archive.org. George Manville Fenn 1831-1909, was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories.
:[https://archive.org/details/GM_Fenn_Gil_the_Gunner ''Gil the Gunner; or The Youngest Officer in the East''] by George Manville Fenn 1892 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story about a young officer in the [[Bengal Horse Artillery]].
*[https://archive.org/details/disputedvctaleof00gibbiala ''The Disputed V.C. : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Frederick P Gibbon, c 1894 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030736418?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Barclay of the Guides''] by Herbert Strang probably 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32102 1928 reprint of 1908 original] Gutenberg.org. =====2nd Afghan War=====*[https://archive.org/details/barclayoftheguid32102gut Archive.org version]. An adventure story for younger readers.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/chalonerofbengal00lanciala#page/n7roadtokandahar0000wilc/mode/2up ''Chaloner of the Bengal Cavalry: a Tale of the Indian MutinyThe Road to Kandahar''] by Percival Lancaster R EJohn Wilcox 2005. 1915 Extra wording on cover ''A Simon Fonthill Novel''. Archive.org An adventure story for younger readersBooks to Borrow/Lending Library.=====2nd Burma War=====*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011128265 redrunshelmand0000merc ''Britons at Bay: Red runs the Adventures of Two Midshipmen in the Second Burmese WarHelmand''] by Henry Charles Moore 1900 Patrick Mercer 2011. [https://archive.org/details/redrunshelmand0000merc_u1r6/mode/2up 2nd file] 2012 edition. Archive.orgBooks to Borrow/Lending Library.
===== Chitral and Tirah Campaigns=====
=====3rd China War=====
*''The War of the Dragon Lady'' by John Wilcox 2012. Extra wording on cover ''A Simon Fonthill Novel''. [https://archive.org/details/withalliestopek00pagegoog ''With The Allies To Pekinwarofdragonlady0000wilc_f4q7/mode/2up File 1]. [https: a Tale of the Relief of the Legations''//archive.org/details/warofdragonlady0000wilc/mode/2up File 2] by G A Henty 1904. An adventure story for younger readers. Archive.orgBooks to Borrow/Lending Library.
=====First World War=====
:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39150 ''A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War''] 1914.
:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39801 ''Fighting with French: A Tale of the New Army''] 1915.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36500 ''The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War''] by Percy F Westerman 1915 Gutenberg.org
:Percy F Westerman wrote many books with a WW1 background, available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Percy+F+Westerman Gutenberg.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/insearch.ernet.dli.2015.241464 php?query=%22The+boy+allies+%22&sort=titleSorter ''Biggles Pioneer Air FighterThe Boy Allies…''] Multiple titles by Captain two authors, Robert Drake and Clair W E Johns 1954Hayes, published from 1915. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=%22Boy+Allies%22 Multiple titles Gutenberg.org]*[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30969 ''The Camels Are ComingBig Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line, or With the Allies in France'' (1932) and two of which ] by Ralph Marlow 1916 were originally published in Gutenberg.org [https://archive.org/details/thebigfivemotorc30969gut Archive.org version]*[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44348 ''Biggles Of The Camel SquadronDastral of the Flying Corps'' (1934), originally written for older adolescents] by Rowland Walker. First published 1917. Note however Wikipedia states “The early First World War books were reprinted Gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/dastraloftheflyi44348gut Archive.org version] [http://rowlandwalker.yolasite.com About the author]. The author was in the 1950s, when the Biggles books had acquired a younger readership and were bowdlerised''RFC. An adventure story.
*Gallipoli
**"Legion of Lost Souls" by Captain W J Blackledge. “A vivid firsthand story of the tragic and Terrible Campaign at Gallipoli-The Peninsula of Death” From the deeply engraved memory of Digger Craven, Australian Trooper" Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' v13 n42 [1936-10-17] onwards.*:[https://archive.org/details/LibertyV13N4219361017/page/n5 Part 1], part 2 not available online; [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n44_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n53 Part 3], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n45_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n49 Part 4], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n46_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n57 Part 5], [https://archive.org/details/fightforconstant00westiala Liberty_v13n47_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 Part 6], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n48_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n47 Part 7], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n49_McFadden_1936-12-05_Missing_First_Leaf/page/n47 Part 8]*:Likely to be the text, or an abridged version, of ''The Fight for Constantinople : a Story Peninsula of the Gallipoli PeninsulaDeath''] by Percy F Westerman, as told to W. Catalogued 1915J. ArchiveBlackledge by Digger Craven.orgLondon, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. An adventure story for younger readers, 1937, which is accordingly also classified as fiction, although elsewhere classified as bibliography.**<ref>[httphttps://wwwbooks.google.gutenbergcom.orgau/ebooks/11513 books?id=0KbnVtLyiRkC&pg=PA56 Page 56, item 164] ''On Land The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Sea at the DardanellesAnnotated Bibliography''] by T C Bridges c 1915 Fred R van Hartesvelt Google Books</ref>, and also see comments on page 4 of [https://www. Gutenbergrslwa.org. An adventure story for younger readersau/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Vol17-No3-Mar-1937.pdf ‘’The Listening Post’’ 15 March 1937 (RSL WA)] …"appears to be a novel whose author delights in much sordid detail" from the Prime Minister’s Department. For two more books by this author see below, under Mesopotamia, and General.**[httphttps://www.gutenbergarchive.org/ebooksdetails/42943 isbn_9789652294579 ''Frank Forester: A Story of the DardanellesOf Guns and Mules''] by Herbert Strang 1915 GutenbergDavid Lawrence-Young 2010. Archive.orgBooks to Borrow/ Lending Library. An adventure story for younger readersA historical novel set in the Zion Mule Corps.*East Africa
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26642 ''Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force''] by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/wilmshurstofthef26642gut Archive.org version]
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39912 ''Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa''] by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
*Mesopotamia
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[httphttps://www.gutenbergarchive.org/ebooksdetails/38714 legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''Carry On! A Story The Legion of the Fight for BagdadMarching Madmen''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenbergW J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. An adventure story for younger readersRetrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
==== General====
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000041D18 ''The Orchid of Fô; or, a Tale from Burma'']. By S. C. M. 1896 British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/dacoitstreasureo00mooriala ''The Dacoit's Treasure, or, In the Days of Po Thaw : a Story of Adventure in Burma''] by Henry Charles Moore c 1897 Archive.org. With illustrations.
:Dingwall Fordyce also wrote "The Adventures of Babi. A pet mongoose in Sumatra", a chapter in ''Wide World Magazine'', 1911, and ''Our Secret Society'' c 1910. However, it is unknown if the setting for the latter is also Malaysia/Indonesia.
*[https://archive.org/details/bearsdacoitsothe00hentiala ''Bears and Dacoits and Other Stories''] by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41366 ''The Flying Boat: A Story of Adventure and Misadventure''] by Herbert Strang 1912. Gutenberg.org. Young British traders in China.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42417 14076 ''The Air PatrolElephant God''] by Gordon Casserly 1921 Gutenberg.org.: A Story [https://archive.org/details/junglegirl00cass_0/page/n5 ''The Jungle Girl''] by Gordon Casserly 1922 Archive.org:Both these books were set in the North East of India, where the author, an officer in the Indian Army had been stationed. Also see his book [https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, NorthEast India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org.*[https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20200967 ''The Scarlet Stripe -West Frontierbeing the adventures of a naval surgeon''] by Herbert Strang 19131932 Taffrail (Captain Henry Taprell Dorling R N) 1932 fadedpage. Gutenbergcom, a Canadian website with many online books.orgA transcription. An adventure story for younger readers. Includes piracies of coasting steamers in the China Seas, in line with actual events. He was also the author of ''Pirates'' published 1929, a story of the operations of the pirates in the Canton delta and of the duties of the British gunboats involved, which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01000969387 . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Taprell_Dorling H. Taprell Dorling] Wikipedia.*[httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.gutenberg2015.org528790/ebookspage/40751 n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''The Old Man of the MountainFifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Stated to be an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''[1936] by Herbert Strang 1916 GutenbergArchive.org:"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. Partially set An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in AssamIndia. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the region around weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [Dibrugarh]https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 and part 3] Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online.:An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an unexplored region extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of northern India or perhaps part of China. British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by An adventure story for younger readersWilliam Matthews.Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref>
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