. Review of reviews and world's work. s : For these two acts 1 was awardedthe Victoria Cross. Lord lioberts continued to act against themutineers until the end of j\lai-ch, when, afterthe fall of Lucknow, it was evident tliat the sub-jugation of the country would be a mere matterof time. His health broke down and he wasordered to England. There was then 9G,()U0British soldiers in India, besides a large force ofreliable native troops, but as there was a gootldeal of lighting to be done, it went sorely againsthis grain to leave India. Ill-health, liowever, a habit of emphasizing its demands
. Review of reviews and world's work. s : For these two acts 1 was awardedthe Victoria Cross. Lord lioberts continued to act against themutineers until the end of j\lai-ch, when, afterthe fall of Lucknow, it was evident tliat the sub-jugation of the country would be a mere matterof time. His health broke down and he wasordered to England. There was then 9G,()U0British soldiers in India, besides a large force ofreliable native troops, but as there was a gootldeal of lighting to be done, it went sorely againsthis grain to leave India. Ill-health, liowever, a habit of emphasizing its demands by death, so on April 1, , Lord Roberts handed overhis post as deputy assistant quartermaster-gen-eral to Lord Wolseley and sailed for home onMay 4. Thus terminated the first eventful chap-ter in the life of the future commander-in-chiefof the Indian army. AVhen young Roberts came home he was, ofcourse, quite a hero in his own circle and wasvery warndy welcomed by his parents, both ofwhom were still enjoying health and ? FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS. (From Ids latest photograph.) His father, indeed, lived to be made R. in hisninetieth year, and there is no saying but tliat hemight have lived for another decade had it notl;)een that on returning from Windsor, where hehad been to receive his decoration, he caught acold, from which he never rallied. A NAMED NOUA. This, however, is anticipating the future bvsixteen years. AVhen Lord Roberts n^achedhome he tells us how he found his fate in theshape of Miss Nora Bews, a young lady living-near his fathers place in Wateiford. A fewmonths later she piomised to marry him, and headds naively : The greater jiart of my life wastherefore spent in Ireland, AVith Lady Rob-erts a new element (>ntered into his life, whichleaves its impi-ess u^jou almost every is, indeed, something very beautiful about 192 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF RE^IEIVS. • i ^^tS H 1 ^^31 ? ^H 1 1 I^Hj 1 ^^^ ^^t^lfttC ?i» 2^1
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