| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | Introducing the Young Lieutenant | [ 1] |
| II. | Close Quarters in the Jungle | [ 10] |
| III. | Something about the People of China | [ 20] |
| IV. | Captain Ponsberry has his Say | [ 31] |
| V. | Gilbert meets Nuggy Polk | [ 41] |
| VI. | Off for China | [ 51] |
| VII. | What caused the War | [ 60] |
| VIII. | A Discovery on Shipboard | [ 70] |
| IX. | Gilbert reaches a Conclusion | [ 80] |
| X. | About an Important Letter | [ 92] |
| XI. | The Relief of Admiral Seymour’s Party | [ 102] |
| XII. | A Storm and a Quarrel | [ 112] |
| XIII. | The Landing at Tongku | [ 123] |
| XIV. | A First Battle on Chinese Soil | [ 133] |
| XV. | Fighting along the Pei-Ho | [ 144] |
| XVI. | Entering Tien-Tsin under Difficulties | [ 154] |
| XVII. | Gilbert meets Amos Bartlett | [ 164] |
| XVIII. | The Spy in the River | [ 174] |
| XIX. | Saving the Mission House | [ 187] |
| XX. | The Bombardment of Tien-Tsin | [ 198] |
| XXI. | Charging upon the Native Quarter | [ 210] |
| XXII. | An Adventure in a Joss House | [ 220] |
| XXIII. | Gilbert’s Narrow Escape | [ 229] |
| XXIV. | Nuggy Polk’s Set-back | [ 239] |
| XXV. | “On to Pekin!” | [ 250] |
| XXVI. | The Battle of Peitsang | [ 260] |
| XXVII. | A Rainy March to Tung-Chow | [ 269] |
| XXVIII. | The Fight before Pekin | [ 279] |
| XXIX. | How the Besieged were relieved | [ 286] |
| XXX. | The Burning of the Prison | [ 296] |
| XXXI. | Gilbert returns Good for Evil | [ 305] |
| XXXII. | Back to Taku—Conclusion | [ 317] |