Open Old Books
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army, by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon, K.C.B

Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army, by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon, K.C.B

by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon

★★★★★No ratings yet

Language: English

Sign in to rate this book.

Sign in to shelve this book.

Start reading

About this eBook

Author
Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir, 1821-1899
Title
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc.
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, 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/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir, 1821-1899
Category
Text
eBook-No.
47380
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47380
Release Date
November 17, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMY
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMY
  4. 4.CHAPTER I 1841–1842. GAZETTED TO THE BUFFS. ARRIVE IN INDIA
  5. 5.CHAPTER II 1842–1843. IN PROGRESS TO JOIN
  6. 6.CHAPTER III 1843. AT ALLAHABAD
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV 1843–1844. CAMPAIGN IN GWALIOR. HURDWAR
  8. 8.CHAPTER V 1844–1845. ALLAHABAD TO ENGLAND
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI 1845–1846. HOME SERVICE
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII 1847–1848. COAST OF GUINEA. BARBADOS. ENGLAND
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII 1848–1851. IRELAND
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX 1851–1852. DUBLIN TO WUZZEERABAD
  13. 13.CHAPTER X 1852–1853. WUZZEERABAD
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI 1854–1856. MEEAN MEER
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII 1857. ABERDEEN. DINAPORE. OUTBREAK OF SEPOY MUTINY
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII 1857. EARLY MONTHS OF SEPOY MUTINY
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV 1857–1858. THE JOUNPORE FIELD FORCE
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV 1858. CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI 1858. THE AZIMGHUR FIELD FORCE
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII 1858–1859. DINAPORE. PLYMOUTH
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII 1859–1860. PLYMOUTH. DEVONPORT
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX 1860. DEVONPORT. HONG-KONG
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX 1860. HONG-KONG. TIENTSIN
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI 1860–1861 TIENTSIN
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII 1861. TIENTSIN. CHEFOO. NAGASAKI. DEVONPORT
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII 1862–1864. DEVONPORT. CALCUTTA
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV 1865–1868. CALCUTTA. PORTSMOUTH
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV 1868–1870. PORTSMOUTH
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI 1870. JULY-SEPTEMBER. FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. SIEGE OF PARIS
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII 1870. SEPTEMBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII 1870. OCTOBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX 1870. NOVEMBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX 1870. DECEMBER. SIEGE CONTINUED
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI 1871. JANUARY. SIEGE. BOMBARDMENT. CAPITULATION OF PARIS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII 1871. FEBRUARY. PARIS AFTER CAPITULATION
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII 1871. MARCH. ENEMIES WITHIN PARIS
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV 1871–1874. DOVER. ALDERSHOT
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV 1874–1875. BURMAH
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI 1875–1880. MADRAS PRESIDENCY
  40. 40.FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.INDEX
  42. 42.Transcribers’ Notes

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.