LIEUT.-COLONEL SETON CHURCHILL
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "STEPPING-STONES TO HIGHER THINGS," ETC.
13th EDITION (Completing 41,000 Copies)
London JAMES NISBET & CO., LIMITED 21 BERNERS STREET
1907
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
DEDICATED
TO THE
YOUNG MEN OF ENGLAND
WITH THE EARNEST DESIRE THAT SOME OF THE NOBLE GODLIKE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS
CHRISTIAN SOLDIER AND HERO
MAY BE REPRODUCED IN FUTURE GENERATIONS
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I INTRODUCTION 1
II EARLY LIFE AND CRIMEAN WAR 12
III CHINESE WAR AND TAIPING REBELLION 25
IV GORDON'S FIRST COMMAND 36
V PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION 50
VI END OF THE REBELLION 65
VII AT GRAVESEND 80
VIII GORDON'S SIMPLE FAITH 92
IX HIS CATHOLICITY 114
X GOVERNOR OF THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCE 135
XI GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE SOUDAN 157
XII ABYSSINIA, INDIA, AND CHINA 178
XIII MAURITIUS, CAPE, AND PALESTINE 190
XIV KHARTOUM 209
XV THE SIEGE 230
XVI THE FALL OF KHARTOUM 246
XVII CONCLUSION 263