CONTENTS
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION By J. M. BULLOCH
BRIG.-GENERAL J. M. GORDON'S DESCENT AT A GLANCE
Part I
PART I (2)
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
CHAPTER V THE AMERICAN NAVAL VISIT
CHAPTER VI CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF
INDEX
The Chronicles of
a Gay Gordon By
Brig.-General J. M. Gordon, C.B.
With Eleven Half-tone Illustrations
Cassell and Company, Limited, London
New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1921
Photo: Lafayette, Ltd., Glasgow.
