Ride on my left, and help to look after my third squadron.' This Ross did as well as any Cavalry officer could have done.] [Footnote 3: For these two acts I was awarded the Victoria Cross.] [Footnote 4: Younghusband met with an extraordinary accident during the fight at Agra.

While pursuing one of the Gwalior rebels, he fell with his horse into a disused well, fifty feet deep, and was followed by two of his men, also mounted.

Ropes were brought, and the bodies were hauled up, when, to the astonishment of everyone, Younghusband was found to be alive, and, beyond being badly bruised, uninjured.
He had fallen to the bottom in a sitting position, his back resting against the side of the well, and his legs stretched out in front of him, while his horse fell standing and across him.

He was thus protected from the weight of the other two horses and their riders, who were all killed.] [Footnote 5: Now Major-General H.L.Bruce, C.B.] * * * * *.