3-085-791 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Indian Frontier Rising, 1898. The British Army. '1. Baggage train of the 1st Brigade Buner Field Force crossing the Bandora River. From a Sketch hy Lieutenant H. Maclear, 20th Punjab Infantry. 2. Scene of the murder of Sir Henry Havelock-Allan near Lala China. From a Sketch by Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Hart, C.R.E. 1st Division Tirah Expeditionary Force. 3. The ber-tree under which the body of Sir Henry Havelock-Allan was found, and the monument erected to his memory beneath it. From a Sketch by Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Hart. Our Illustrations also include views of the spot where the gallant Sir Henry Havelock-Allan met his cruel death, and the monument there erected to his memory. This last tribute was paid to the dead soldier on Jan. 15, when Brigadier-General Hart reached Lala China with a force of Bengal Sappers and Miners, who, under Captain Serjeant, R.E., erected a substantial monument with a 5 ft. 6 in. square base of stone masonry in Portland cement about 1 ft. high, with an upper tier 3ft. 6in. square, also 1ft. high, in which a solid limestone block, brought from Ali Musjid, was imbedded. The stone is 1 ft. 3 in. square, and about 1 ft. 9 in. high'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.