METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
| First Published (in Two Volumes) | October 1906 |
| Second, Third, and Fourth Editions | October 1906 |
| Fifth Edition (in One Volume) | November 1907 |
TO
MY COMRADES
PAST AND PRESENT
OF ALL RANKS IN BOTH SERVICES
I DEDICATE
THIS STORY OF MY LIFE
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| RECORD OF APPOINTMENTS, STAFF APPOINTMENTS, AND WAR SERVICES, EXTRACTED FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST | [xi] | |
| I. | INTRODUCTION | [1] |
| II. | 1852—H.M.S. QUEEN, 116 GUNS | [8] |
| III. | 1853–4—LIFE ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR | [16] |
| IV. | 1854—INVASION OF THE CRIMEA | [28] |
| V. | 1854—THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL | [45] |
| VI. | 1854–5—A NAKED AND STARVING ARMY | [57] |
| VII. | 1855—SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL | [69] |
| VIII. | 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN | [82] |
| IX. | 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued | [92] |
| X. | 1856–7—13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS | [106] |
| XI. | 1858—CENTRAL INDIA | [118] |
| XII. | 1858—SINDWAHA | [131] |
| XIII. | 1858–9—A PURSUIT | [144] |
| XIV. | 1859—THE END OF THE MUTINY | [154] |
| XV. | 1859—BEATSON’S HORSE | [164] |
| XVI. | 1859–60—THE SIRONJ JUNGLES | [176] |
| XVII. | 1860—CENTRAL INDIA HORSE | [189] |
| XVIII. | 1861–2–3—THE STAFF COLLEGE | [202] |
| XIX. | 1865–7—“ON THE STAFF” | [218] |
| XX. | 1867–71—ALDERSHOT | [230] |
| XXI. | 1871–2–3—90TH LIGHT INFANTRY | [247] |
| XXII. | 1873—ASHANTI | [257] |
| XXIII. | 1873–4—AT THE HEAD OF THE ROAD IN ASHANTI | [269] |
| XXIV. | 1874–8—ALDERSHOT: SOUTH AFRICA | [287] |
| XXV. | 1878—THE GAIKAS AND PERIE BUSH | [304] |
| XXVI. | 1878—FROM KING WILLIAM’S TOWN TO UTRECHT | [322] |
| XXVII. | 1878—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR | [334] |
| XXVIII. | CHRISTMAS 1878—THE INVASION OF ZULULAND | [344] |
| XXIX. | 1879—IN ZULULAND | [357] |
| XXX. | 1879—THE INHLOBANE, 28TH MARCH | [368] |
| XXXI. | 1879—KAMBULA, 29TH MARCH | [377] |
| XXXII. | 1879—THE PRINCE IMPERIAL | [390] |
| XXXIII. | 1879—ULUNDI | [399] |
| XXXIV. | 1879—COMPLIMENTARY HONOURS | [408] |
| XXXV. | 1880—H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE | [417] |
| XXXVI. | 1881—THE LAND OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS | [425] |
| XXXVII. | 1881—AFTER MAJUBA | [434] |
| XXXVIII. | 1881—A ROYAL COMMISSION | [446] |
| XXXIX. | 1881—MARITZBURG | [458] |
| XL. | 1882—CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA | [466] |
| XLI. | 1883—SIRDAR | [475] |
| XLII. | 1884–5—THE SUDAN | [489] |
| XLIII. | 1885–6–7–8—COLCHESTER DISTRICT | [502] |
| XLIV. | 1889—ALDERSHOT | [513] |
| XLV. | 1889–90—REFORMS AT ALDERSHOT | [525] |
| XLVI. | 1891–2–3—TRAINING OF TROOPS ON PRIVATE LANDS | [537] |
| XLVII. | 1893–6—QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL | [547] |
| XLVIII. | 1897–90—ADJUTANT-GENERAL | [559] |
| XLIX. | ADJUTANT-GENERAL—continued | [571] |
| L. | 1901–2–3—SECOND ARMY CORPS DISTRICT | [582] |