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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

By J. M. BULLOCH

BRIG.-GENERAL J. M. GORDON’S DESCENT AT A GLANCE

Part I

THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDON

PART I

CHAPTER I

MY SCOTS-SPANISH ORIGIN

CHAPTER II

MY SCHOOLING

CHAPTER III

A FRONTIER INCIDENT

CHAPTER IV

FIRST WAR EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER V

MY MEETINGS WITH KING ALFONSO

CHAPTER VI

WITH DON CARLOS AGAIN

CHAPTER VII

MY FIRST ENGAGEMENT

CHAPTER VIII

SOLDIERING IN IRELAND

CHAPTER IX

UNRULY TIMES IN IRELAND

CHAPTER X

SPORT IN IRELAND

CHAPTER XI

A VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND

CHAPTER XII

A MAORI MEETING

CHAPTER XIII

AN OFFER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA

CHAPTER XIV

I BECOME A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR

CHAPTER XV

A MERCHANT, THEN AN ACTOR

CHAPTER XVI

AS POLICEMAN IN ADELAIDE

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOSEPH MARIA GORDON, C.B.

Part II

CHAPTER I

SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

CHAPTER II

POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING

CHAPTER III

THE RUSSIAN SCARE AND ITS RESULTS

CHAPTER IV

THE SOUDAN CONTINGENT

CHAPTER V

A TIME OF RETRENCHMENT

CHAPTER VI

MY VISION FULFILLED

CHAPTER VII

THE GREAT STRIKES

CHAPTER VIII

THE INTRODUCTION OF “UNIVERSAL SERVICE,” AND TWO VOYAGES HOME

CHAPTER IX

MILITARY ADVISER TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES IN LONDON

CHAPTER X

OFF TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

CHAPTER XI

WITH LORD ROBERTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

CHAPTER XII

IN COMMAND OF A MOUNTED COLUMN

CHAPTER XIII

SOME SOUTH AFRICAN REMINISCENCES

Part III

CHAPTER I

ORGANIZING THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CHAPTER II

COMMANDANT OF VICTORIA

CHAPTER III

COMMANDANT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CHAPTER IV

LORD KITCHENER’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA

MANŒUVRE AND TACTICAL EXERCISE

MANŒUVRE AND TACTICAL EXERCISE

CHAPTER V

THE AMERICAN NAVAL VISIT

CHAPTER VI

CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF

INDEX