RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMY
Reading edition
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
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