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CONTENTS
| Page | |
| [INTRODUCTION] | iii |
| [PREFACE] | v |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| EARLY DAYS | |
| A Kentish Celt—A Rebellious Boy—Four Years in the Navy—With the 19th Hussars—"Captain X Trees"—A Studious Subaltern—Chafing at Home—The First Opportunity | 1 |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| WITH THE NILE EXPEDITION | |
| A Forlorn Hope—Scouting in the Desert—The Battle of Abu Klea—Metammeh—The Death of Gordon—A Dangerous Retreat—"Major French and His Thirteen Troopers" | 10 |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| YEARS OF WAITING | |
| Second in Command—Maintaining the Barrow tradition—The Persistent Student—Service in India—Retires on Half-pay—Renewed Activities—Rehearsing for South Africa | 23 |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| ELANDSLAAGTE AND RIETFONTEIN | |
| The Unknown Commander of Cavalry—Who is General French?—Advancing without Reinforcements—"This is your Show, French"—The White Flag—The Chess-Player—The Victor in Anecdote | 32 |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| THE TIDE TURNS | |
| White's Dash from Ladysmith—Nicholson's Nek—The Reverse at Lombard's Kop—A Cavalry Exploit—French's Dramatic Escape from Ladysmith | 45 |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| THE CAMPAIGN ROUND COLESBERG | |
| The Fog of War—A Perilous Situation—Damming "The Flowing Tide"—Shows His Genius as a Commander—A Campaign in Miniature—Hoisting Guns on Hilltops—The Fifty-mile Front—Saving the Situation | 52 |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| THE DASH TO KIMBERLEY | |
| French's Pledge—The Task—The First Shell—"Hemmed in"—"We must break through"—The Lancers' Charge—In and Out of Kimberley—The Surrender of Cronje | 67 |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| ROUNDING UP THE BOERS | |
| French in the Modder—At Bloemfontein—French and the Artist—An Ambush—Doing the Impossible Again—Short Shrift with Barberton Snipers—-Some French Stories | 82 |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| WORK AT HOME AND RESIGNATION | |
| At Aldershot—Driving Training at High Pressure— General French is "fairly well pleased"—Strenuous Man[oe]uvres—Chief of the Imperial General Staff—Ulster and Resignation | 97 |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| HIS BELIEF IN CAVALRY | |
| The Lessons of the Boer War—Cavalry v. Mounted Infantry—A Plea for the Lance—The Cavalry Spirit—Shock Tactics still Useful | 106 |
| [CHAPTER XI] | |
| THE MODERN MARLBOROUGH | |
| Europe's Need—The Plight of France—A Delicate Situation—The Man of "Grip"—A Magnificent Retreat | 116 |
| [CHAPTER XII] | |
| FRENCH, THE MAN | |
| A Typical Englishman—Fighting at School—Napoleon Worship—"A Great Reporter"—Halting Speeches and Polished Prose. A South African Coincidence—Mrs. Despard and the Newsboy—The Happy Warrior | 121 |
| [Appendix] | 139 |
| [Index] | 149 |