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From Midshipman to Field Marshal

From Midshipman to Field Marshal

by Evelyn Wood

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Author
Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919
Credits
Produced by MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61812
Release Date
April 12, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FROM MIDSHIPMAN TO FIELD MARSHAL
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
  4. 4.FIELD MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., P.S.C. , Barrister-at-Law — APPOINTMENTS — STAFF APPOINTMENTS — WAR SERVICES — OTHER DISTINCTIONS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.CHAPTER II 1852—H.M.S. QUEEN , 116 GUNS
  7. 7.CHAPTER III 1853–4—LIFE ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV 1854—INVASION OF THE CRIMEA — The First Bombardment
  9. 9.CHAPTER V 1854—THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI 1854–5—A NAKED AND STARVING ARMY
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII 1855—SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN— continued
  14. 14.CHAPTER X 1856–7—13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI 1858—CENTRAL INDIA
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII 1858—SINDWAHA
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII 1858–9—A PURSUIT
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV 1859—THE END OF THE MUTINY
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV 1859—BEATSON’S HORSE
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI 1859–60—THE SIRONJ JUNGLES
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII 1860—CENTRAL INDIA HORSE
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII 1861–2–3—THE STAFF COLLEGE
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX 1865–7—“ON THE STAFF”
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX 1867–71—ALDERSHOT
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI 1871–2–3—90TH LIGHT INFANTRY
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII 1873—ASHANTI
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII 1873–4—AT THE HEAD OF THE ROAD IN ASHANTI
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV 1874–8—ALDERSHOT: SOUTH AFRICA
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV 1878—THE GAIKAS AND PERIE BUSH
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI 1878—FROM KING WILLIAM’S TOWN TO UTRECHT
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII 1878—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII CHRISTMAS 1878.—THE INVASION OF ZULULAND
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX 1879—IN ZULULAND
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX 1879—THE INHLOBANE, 28TH MARCH
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI 1879—KAMBULA, 29TH MARCH
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII 1879—THE PRINCE IMPERIAL
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII 1879—ULUNDI
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV 1879—COMPLIMENTARY HONOURS
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV 1880—H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI 1881—THE LAND OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII 1881—AFTER MAJUBA
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII 1881—A ROYAL COMMISSION
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX 1881—MARITZBURG
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL 1882—CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI 1883—SIRDAR
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII 1884–5—THE SUDAN
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII 1885–6–7–8—COLCHESTER DISTRICT
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV 1889—ALDERSHOT
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV 1889–90—REFORMS AT ALDERSHOT
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI 1891–2–3—TRAINING OF TROOPS ON PRIVATE LANDS
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII 1893–6—QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII 1897–90—ADJUTANT-GENERAL
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX ADJUTANT-GENERAL— Continued
  54. 54.CHAPTER L 1901–2–3—SECOND ARMY CORPS DISTRICT
  55. 55.INDEX
  56. 56.FOOTNOTES
  57. 57.Transcriber’s Notes

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