RECOLLECTIONS OF
THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMY

SIR CHARLES A. GORDON, K.C.B., Surgeon-General

(From a Photograph by Mr. A. Bassano, Old Bond Street)

Recollections of Thirty-nine
Years in the Army

GWALIOR AND THE BATTLE OF MAHARAJPORE, 1843
THE GOLD COAST OF AFRICA, 1847–48
THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857–58
THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA, 1860–61
THE SIEGE OF PARIS, 1870–71
Etc

BY
SIR CHARLES ALEXANDER GORDON, K.C.B.

London
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., Limd
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1898

Butler & Tanner,
The Selwood Printing Works,
Frome, and London.

THIS PERSONAL NARRATIVE
IS INSCRIBED TO
MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN

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