Shoulder to Shoulder:

A STORY OF THE STIRRING TIMES OF OLD.

BY

GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.

(Surgeon Royal Navy),

AUTHOR OF "ON TO THE RESCUE"; "HEARTS OF OAK"; "EXILES OF FORTUNE"; ETC. ETC.

NEW EDITION.

LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW AND CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

COPYRIGHT BOOKS UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.

LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

CONTENTS.

Book I

IN THE HIGHLANDS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

CHAPTER

I. AULD-DA

II. MY HERO—BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

III. THE FIRST ACT IN A TRAGEDY—A WILD AND LAWLESS MAN—MUIRACHIE THE DWARF

IV. THE DUKE AT FONTENOY—CULLODEN MOOR—THE CAVE—A BRAVE HIGHLAND LASSIE—A RACE FOR LIFE—"TO HORSE! TO HORSE!"

V. ROYALS TO THE RESCUE—THAT FAITHFUL DWARF—HAND TO HAND WITH DIRK AND CLAYMORE—"THE RED-COATS ARE COMING!"

VI. A HIGHLAND SCHOOL A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

VII. HARD TIMES FOR A TEACHER.—THE TAWSE—LITTLE RACHEL—A DROLL ADVENTURE—MY GRANDFATHER STUCK FAST IN THE CHIMNEY

VIII. THE CONSPIRATORS—A DEED OF DARKNESS—A FEAST TO FOLLOW—STRANGE SCHOOL-CUSTOMS—A FIGHT IN THE FOREST—LAST DAYS AT SCHOOL

IX. LEAVING HOME—A HUMBLE TRADE—"I'LL NOT SERVE UNDER A FRASER OR LOVAT: I AM A ROBERTSON AND A LOYALIST"

X. THE KING'S SHILLING—IN CORNEY'S CAVE—"SURRENDER IN THE KING'S NAME!"—CAPTURE AND ESCAPE

XI. SWORN TO SHOOT AT SIGHT—AN ADVENTURE ON THE ROAD—"PLEASE, SIR, ARE YOU THE COLONEL?"—"WE'LL CALL YOU JOHN"

Book II.

OFF TO JOIN HIS REGIMENT.

I. FIRST MONTHS OF SOLDIER-LIFE—THE PLEASURE OF DRILL—A PASSAGE OF ARMS—EN ROUTE FOR EDINBURGH CASTLE—AN OLD-TIME TROOPER

II. THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"—TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA

III. LIFE AT THE CASTLE—A DANCE ON THE DINNER-TABLE—HOW A QUARREL WAS SETTLED—A DROLL DUEL AND THE ENDING THEREOF

IV. WHAT A BATTLE SEEMS LIKE TO THE SOLDIER—TERRIBLE TIMES IN PARIS—CIVIL WAR AND MURDER

V. FIGHTING AT TOULON—TERRIBLE SORTIES—EVACUATION—OFF TO CORSICA—CAPTURED BY BRIGANDS—CAPTAIN DRAKE'S FIRST FIGHT

VI. MY GRANDFATHER IS PROMOTED—AN UNLUCKY ESCAPADE—SAVED BY A RIBBON—MASSACRE OF FRENCH NOBLES—NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TO THE FORE

VII. POLICY AND AMBITION OF NAPOLEON—REBELLION IN IRELAND—ATTEMPTS AT INVASION—THE WHOLE WORLD OF EUROPE IN A BLAZE

VIII. GRANDFATHER GOES ON FURLOUGH—A CHANGE AND MANY A CHANGE—POOR LITTLE RACHEL—BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA—THE GALLANT 42ND—NIGHTFALL ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE

Book III.

FROM WAR TO GENTLE PEACE.

I. THE DUKE OF KENT AS GRANDFATHER KNEW HIM—DISCIPLINE AND THE LASH IN THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD—TONAL'S DILEMMA, AND HOW HE GOT OUT OF IT

II. AWFUL CONDITION OF GIB—GRANDFATHER STABBED—A VENDETTA—THE DUKE WAS THE BEST-HATED MAN ON THE ROCK

III. MYSTERY—A GRUESOME BOX—A MEETING OF CONSPIRATORS—TERRIBLE THREATS—THE MUTINY

IV. WARNED BY A DYING SOLDIER—MORE MUTINY—HE FELL FORWARD DEAD—WAR BREAKS OUT ONCE MORE—NAPOLEON'S PLANS AND MOVEMENTS—MURDER!

V. NAPOLEON'S SCHEME FOR INVADING BRITAIN—A BRIGHT PROMISE—GRANDFATHER MEETS HIS FATE

VI. AN IRISH FAIR AT DUNDALK—GREAT FUN AND NO END OF FIGHTING—THE BOMBARDMENT OF COPENHAGEN—GRANDFATHER GETS MARRIED

VII. THE FRENCH IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL—BRITISH TO THE RESCUE—SIR ARTHUR—SIR JOHN MOORE—SPLENDID GENERALSHIP OF NAPOLEON

VIII. TREACHERY AND FOOLERY—A RACE FOR LIFE AND A RUN FOR THE SEA—TOM GRAHAME'S BABY—SORROW, SUFFERING, AND DANGER—IT MUST BE DEATH OR VICTORY

IX. FIGHTING AGAINST FEARFUL ODDS—DEATH OF MOORE—THE EMBARKATION—A WIFE AND A NEW SET OF BAGPIPES

X. "I'M A SOLDIER'S WIFE; I'LL SHARE A SOLDIER'S TOILS"—GIRL HEROINES—STORMING OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM—STRANGE ADVENTURES—BORN ON A BATTLEFIELD

XI. ACROSS THE WIDE ATLANTIC—A STRANGE PARADE—THE BAREFOOT SQUAD—SHIPWRECK—A FEARFUL FIGHT

XII. RED-EYE, THE INDIAN CHIEF—A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE WITH A BEAR—BAD NEWS!—STOLEN OR KILLED BY INDIANS

XIII. "WHERE IS RED-EYE? I WILL KILL HIM!"—A SOLEMN SCENE—THE MOONLIT FOREST

XIV. THE FIGHT WITH SAVAGES—A LONE GRAVE IN THE FOREST—RETURN OF SPRING—NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA

To

DR. JOHN ROBERTSON

THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED, WITH MANY A KINDLY WISH, BY HIS COUSIN,

THE AUTHOR