A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks / Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 |
PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. INDEX. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV.
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| T. GOWING, Late Sergeant-Major, Royal Fusiliers.
A SOLDIER’S EXPERIENCE
OR
A Voice from the Ranks:
SHOWING
THE COST OF WAR IN BLOOD AND TREASURE.
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF
THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN, FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF THE RANKS;
THE INDIAN MUTINY, AND SOME OF ITS ATROCITIES;
THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1863.
ALSO
SKETCHES OF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SIR H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS.
TOGETHER WITH
SOME THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.
BY ONE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS.
NOTTINGHAM:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY THOS. FORMAN AND SONS
1896.
All Rights Reserved.
Price:—Gilt Edges, 6s. 6d.
Copies may be had on application to the Author—T. Gowing,
200, Chippinghouse Road, Sheffield; or from
The Publishers, Nottingham.
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