See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

ARCHIBALD See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• ARCHIBALD FORBES (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

FORBES (1838-1900)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

war correspondent, the son of a Presbyterian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in Morayshire, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 17th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1838, and was educated at See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen University . Entering the Royal Dragoons as a private, he gained, while in the service, considerable See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical experience of military See also:

• LIFE

life and affairs . Being invalided from his See also:

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

regiment, he settled in See also:

• LONDON

London, and became a journalist . When the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German War See also:

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

broke out in 187o, See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• FORBES, ARCHIBALD (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

Forbes was sent to the front as war correspondent td the See also:

• MORNING

Morning Advertiser, and in this capacity he gained valuable See also:

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

information as to the plans of the Parisians for withstanding a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege . Transferring his services to the Daily See also:

• NEWS

News, his brilliant feats in the transmission of intelligence See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew See also:

• WORLD

world-wide . See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his despatches . He was with the German See also:

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

army from the beginning of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and he after-wards witnessed the rise and fall of the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

Commune . Forbes afterwards proceeded to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, where he chronicled the outbreak of the second Carlist War; but his See also:

• WORK

work here was interrupted by a visit to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where he spent eight months upon a See also:

• MISSION

mission of investigation into the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine of 1874 . Then he returned to Spain, and followed at various times the Carlist, the Republican and the Alfonsist forces . As representative of the Daily News, he accompanied the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales in his tour through India in 1875-1876 . Forbes went through the Servian campaign of 1876, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at all the important engagements . In the Russo-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish campaign of 1877 he achieved striking journalistic successes at See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• RISK

risk . Attached to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian army, he witnessed most of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal operations, and remained continuously in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field until attacked by See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever .

His letters, together with those of his colleagues, MacGahan and See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

Millet, were republished by the Daily News . On recovering from his fever, Forbes proceeded to See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness the British occupation . The same See also:

• YEAR

year (1878) he went to India, and in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter accompanied the Khyber Pass force to See also:

• JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

Jalalabad He was present at the taking of See also:

• ALI

Ali Musjid, and marched with' several expeditions against the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill tribes . See also:

• BURMA

Burma was Forbes's next field of See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, and at See also:

• MANDALAY

Mandalay, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, he had several interesting interviews with See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• THIBAW, or HSIPAW

Thibaw . He See also:

• LEFT

left Burma hurriedly for See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, where, in consequence of the disaster of Isandlwana, a British. force was See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting for the invasion of See also:

• ZULULAND

Zululand . He was present at the victory of See also:

• ULUNDI (Zulu for " high place" )

Ulundi, and his famous ride of 120 M. in fifteen See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, by which he was enabled to convey the first news of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, remains one of the finest achievements in journalistic enterprise . Forbes subsequently delivered many lectures on his war experiences to large audiences . His closing years were spent in See also:

• LITERARY

literary work . He had some years before published a military novel entitled See also:

• DRAWN

Drawn from Life, and a See also:

• VOLUME

volume on his experiences of the war between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . These were now followed by numerous publications, including Glimpses through the See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

Cannon See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

Smoke (188o); Souvenirs of some Continents (1885); See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I. of Germany: a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1888); See also:

• HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795-18J7)

Havelock, in the " See also:

• ENGLISH

English Men of See also:

• ACTION

Action " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series (189o); See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

Barracks, Bivouacs, and Battles (1891); The Afghan See also:

• WARS

Wars, 1839-80 (1892); Czar and See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan (1895); Memories and Studies of War and See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace (1895), in many respects autobiographic; and See also:

• COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

Colin See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde (1896) . He died on the 3oth of 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 1900 .