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CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION iii

PREFACE v


CHAPTER I
EARLY DAYS

A Kentish Celt--A Rebellious Boy--Four Years in the
Navy--With the 19th Hussars--"Captain X Trees"--A
Studious Subaltern--Chafing at Home--The First
Opportunity 1

CHAPTER II
WITH THE NILE EXPEDITION

A Forlorn Hope--Scouting in the Desert--The Battle of
Abu Klea--Metammeh--The Death of Gordon--A Dangerous
Retreat--"Major French and His Thirteen Troopers" 10

CHAPTER III