



Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)









RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMY

[Illustration: SIR CHARLES A. GORDON, K.C.B., SURGEON-GENERAL

(_From a Photograph by_ MR. A. BASSANO, _Old Bond Street_)]




  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

  BY
  SIR CHARLES ALEXANDER GORDON, K.C.B.

                  “The story of my life,
  From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes
  That I have passed.”

                    --_Othello_, Act I, Sc. 3


  [Illustration]


  London
  SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., LIMD
  PATERNOSTER SQUARE
  1898




  BUTLER & TANNER,
  THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS,
  FROME, AND LONDON.




  THIS PERSONAL NARRATIVE
  IS INSCRIBED TO
  MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN




CONTENTS


                                                               PAGE
            CHAPTER I
  1841-1842. GAZETTED TO THE BUFFS--ARRIVE IN INDIA               1

            CHAPTER II
  1842-1843. IN PROGRESS TO JOIN                                 12

            CHAPTER III
  1843. AT ALLAHABAD                                             18

            CHAPTER IV
  1843-1844. CAMPAIGN IN GWALIOR                                 24

            CHAPTER V
  1844-1845. ALLAHABAD TO ENGLAND                                36

            CHAPTER VI
  1845-1846. HOME SERVICE                                        46

            CHAPTER VII
  1847-1848. COAST OF GUINEA--BARBADOS--ENGLAND                  55

            CHAPTER VIII
  1848-1851. IRELAND                                             74

            CHAPTER IX
  1851-1852. DUBLIN TO WUZZEERABAD                               80

            CHAPTER X
  1852-1853. WUZZEERABAD                                         86

            CHAPTER XI
  1854-1856. MEEAN-MEER--ABERDEEN                                96

            CHAPTER XII
  1857. ABERDEEN--DINAPORE--OUTBREAK OF SEPOY MUTINY            106

            CHAPTER XIII
  1857. EARLY MONTHS OF THE MUTINY                              111

            CHAPTER XIV
  1857-1858. THE JOUNPORE FIELD FORCE                           124

            CHAPTER XV
  1858. CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW                                      130

            CHAPTER XVI
  1858. THE AZIMGHUR FIELD FORCE                                135

            CHAPTER XVII
  1858-1859. DINAPORE--PLYMOUTH                                 147

            CHAPTER XVIII
  1859-1860. PLYMOUTH--DEVONPORT                                154

            CHAPTER XIX
  1860. DEVONPORT--HONG-KONG                                    160

            CHAPTER XX
  1860. HONG-KONG--TIENTSIN                                     166

            CHAPTER XXI
  1860-1861. TIENTSIN                                           177

            CHAPTER XXII
  1861. TIENTSIN--CHEFOO--NAGASAKI--DEVONPORT                   188

            CHAPTER XXIII
  1862-1864. DEVONPORT--CALCUT