See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

VALENTINE [See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] BAKER (1827-1887)

BAKER See also:

• PASHA

PASHA] BAKER (1827-1887)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was a younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker (q.v.) . He was educated at See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester and in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, and in 1848 entered the Ceylon Rifles as an See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign . Soon transferred to the 12th Lancers, he saw active service with that See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in the Kaffir See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1852-53 . In the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean War Baker was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• ACTION

action of Traktir (or Tchernaya) and at the fall of See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, and in 1859 he became See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in the loth Hussars, succeeding only a See also:

• YEAR

year later to the command . This position he held for thirteen years, during which See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the highest efficiency of his men was reached, and outside the regiment he did See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service to his See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm by his writings . He went through the See also:

• WARS

wars of 1866 and 187o as a spectator with the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German armies, and in 1873 he started upon a famous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey through Khorassan . Though he was unable to reach See also:

• KHIVA

Khiva the results of the journey afforded a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• POLITICAL

political, See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical and military See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information, especially as to the advance of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in central See also:

• ASIA

Asia . In 1874 he was back in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and took up a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot . Less than a year later See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Baker's career in the British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army came to an untimely end . He was arrested on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of indecent See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault upon a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young woman in a railway See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage, and was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a See also:

• FINE

fine . His dismissal from the service was an inevitable consequence; it must be stated, however, that the view taken of the circumstances by good authorities was that Baker's conduct, when judged by conventional See also:

• STANDARDS

standards, admitted of considerable extenuation . He himself never opened his mouth in self-See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence .

Two years later, having meanwhile See also:

• LEFT

left England, he entered the service of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey in the war with Russia . At first in a high position in the See also:

• GENDARMERIE

gendarmerie, he was soon transferred to Mehemet's staff, and thence took over the command of a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . With this division Baker sustained the brilliant rearguard action of Tashkessan against the troops of See also:

• GOURKO, JOSEPH VLADIMIROVICH, COUNT (1828–1901)

Gourko . Promoted Ferik (See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general) for this feat, he continued to command See also:

• SULEIMAN

Suleiman's rearguard with distinction . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace he was employed in an administrative See also:

• POST

post in See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, where he remained until 1882 . In this year he was offered the command of the newly formed See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian army, which he accepted . On his arrival at See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, however, the offer was withdraws, and he only obtained the command of the Egyptian See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police . In this post he devoted by far the greater amount of his See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy to the training of the gendarmerie, which he realized would be the reserve of the purely military forces . When the See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out, Baker, hastening with 3500 men to relieve Tokar, encountered the enemy under See also:

• OSMAN (1832-1900)
• OSMAN (`UsMAN)

Osman Digna at El Teb . His men became panic-stricken at the first See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush and allowed themselves to be slaughtered like.See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep . Baker himself with a few of his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers succeeded by hard fighting in cutting a way out, but his force was annihilated . British troops soon afterwards arrived at See also:

• SUAKIN, or SAWAKIN

Suakin, and Sir Gerald See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham took the offensive .

Baker See also:

• PASHA

Pasha accompanied the British force, and guided it in its See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march to the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of his defeat, and at the desperately-fought second See also:

• BATTLE

battle of El Teb he was wounded . He remained in command of the Egyptian police until his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1887 . Amongst his See also:

• WORKS

works may be mentioned Our See also:

• NATIONAL

National Defences (1860), War in See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria, a Narrative of See also:

• PERSONAL

Personal Experience (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1879), Clouds 'in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East (London, 1876) .