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Recollections of a Military Life

by John Adye

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — Days of Peace
  3. 3Chapter II — Commencement of Crimean War — Interview With Napoleon III
  4. 4Chapter III — Battle of Alma
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Flank March
  6. 6Chapter V — Battle of Balaclava
  7. 7Chapter VI — Battle of Inkerman
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Winter of 1854
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Bombardment of April
  10. 10Chapter IX — Capture of the Mamelon and Quarries — Interview With G…
  11. 11Chapter X — Battle of June 18 and Death of Lord Raglan
  12. 12Chapter XI — Battle of Chernaya and the Fall of Sebastopol
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Indian Mutiny
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Battles at Cawnpore
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Causes of the Mutiny and Policy of Lord Canning
  16. 16Chapter XV — Recollections of the Madras Presidency
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Return to Bengal — Amalgamation of the Artillery Regi…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Frontier Campaign in the Afghan Mountains — Its Orig…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Hard Fighting in the Mountains
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Political Complications — End of the War
  21. 21Chapter XX — Visit to Peshawur — Sir Hugh Rose Returns to England —…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The War in Bootan
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Farewell to India — Return to Regimental Duty at Woo…
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Short Service and Reserve
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Localisation and County Regiments — Interview With t…
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Visit to the Crimea With Charles Gordon. Report on th…
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Rifled Ordnance and Naval and Military Reserves — Ap…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Central Asia and the Afghan War of 1878-79
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Appointed Surveyor General of the Ordnance — Princ…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Gibraltar — Its Value From a Naval and Commercial Po…

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