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Charles Alexander Sir Gordon. Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. 1841–1842. GAZETTED TO THE BUFFS. ARRIVE IN INDIA
CHAPTER II. 1842–1843. IN PROGRESS TO JOIN
CHAPTER III. 1843. AT ALLAHABAD
CHAPTER IV. 1843–1844. CAMPAIGN IN GWALIOR. HURDWAR
CHAPTER V. 1844–1845. ALLAHABAD TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER VI. 1845–1846. HOME SERVICE
CHAPTER VII. 1847–1848. COAST OF GUINEA. BARBADOS. ENGLAND
CHAPTER VIII. 1848–1851. IRELAND
CHAPTER IX. 1851–1852. DUBLIN TO WUZZEERABAD
CHAPTER X. 1852–1853. WUZZEERABAD
CHAPTER XI. 1854–1856. MEEAN MEER
CHAPTER XII. 1857. ABERDEEN. DINAPORE. OUTBREAK OF SEPOY MUTINY
CHAPTER XIII. 1857. EARLY MONTHS OF SEPOY MUTINY
CHAPTER XIV. 1857–1858. THE JOUNPORE FIELD FORCE
CHAPTER XV. 1858. CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW
CHAPTER XVI. 1858. THE AZIMGHUR FIELD FORCE
CHAPTER XVII. 1858–1859. DINAPORE. PLYMOUTH
CHAPTER XVIII. 1859–1860. PLYMOUTH. DEVONPORT
CHAPTER XIX. 1860. DEVONPORT. HONG-KONG
CHAPTER XX. 1860. HONG-KONG. TIENTSIN
CHAPTER XXI. 1860–1861 TIENTSIN
CHAPTER XXII. 1861. TIENTSIN. CHEFOO. NAGASAKI. DEVONPORT
CHAPTER XXIII. 1862–1864. DEVONPORT. CALCUTTA
CHAPTER XXIV. 1865–1868. CALCUTTA. PORTSMOUTH
CHAPTER XXV. 1868–1870. PORTSMOUTH
CHAPTER XXVI. 1870. JULY-SEPTEMBER. FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. SIEGE OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXVII. 1870. SEPTEMBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXVIII. 1870. OCTOBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXIX. 1870. NOVEMBER. SIEGE OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXX. 1870. DECEMBER. SIEGE CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXXI. 1871. JANUARY. SIEGE. BOMBARDMENT. CAPITULATION OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXXII. 1871. FEBRUARY. PARIS AFTER CAPITULATION
CHAPTER XXXIII. 1871. MARCH. ENEMIES WITHIN PARIS
CHAPTER XXXIV. 1871–1874. DOVER. ALDERSHOT
CHAPTER XXXV. 1874–1875. BURMAH
CHAPTER XXXVI. 1875–1880. MADRAS PRESIDENCY
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Charles Alexander Sir Gordon
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Chinsurah—Cholera—Start—Omissions—Relics of mortality—Collision—Fire—Panic—Berhampore—The “garrison”—Crime and punishment—Civilities—Progress resumed—A hurricane—Cawnpore—Attached to 50th Regiment—The troops—Agra—Sind—Gwalior—39th Regiment.
First impressions of this our first station in India, recorded at the time, were:—Houses of mud, roofs consisting of reeds, fronts open from end to end; members of families within squatting, infants sprawling, in a state of nudity, upon earthen floors made smooth and polished by means of cowdung applied in a liquid state; while to outside walls cakes of the same material are in process of drying, to be thereafter used as fuel by Hindoos. Gardens and cultivated fields abound; flowering trees and shrubs, cocoa palms, banana bushes, clumps of bamboo, rise above dense undergrowth of succulent plants. A heavy, oppressive atmosphere, pervaded by odours, sweet and otherwise, has a depressing effect, as if conditions were not altogether wholesome. European houses according to Holland model, terraces and gardens giving to them an attractive and elegant appearance, indicating the importance of the place while in the hands of the Dutch, prior to date8 of the treaty in accordance with which it was by them exchanged for Java. An extensive range of spacious barracks and supplementary buildings added much to the beauty of the station.
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