Length23h 28m
About this audiobook
The famous and classic autobiography of one of Britain's most famous soldiers, Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC. Remarkably for the time, Wood began his career as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy, serving in the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War. He was then commissioned into the Army and saw service in the Sudan War in 1884-85. Wood documents fully both his short naval service and his distinguished military career. This edition of the memoirs includes the two volumes in a single book. Volume 1 covers Wood's family background and spans the period up to 1878.Volume 2 continues from 1878 and ends with his appointment, in 1903, as a Field Marshal.
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GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length23 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 24, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
27CHAPTER XXV 1878—THE GAIKAS AND PERIE BUSH
2FIELD MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., P.S.C., Barrister-at-Law
28CHAPTER XXVI 1878—FROM KING WILLIAM’S TOWN TO UTRECHT
3CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
29CHAPTER XXVII 1878—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
4CHAPTER II 1852—H.M.S. QUEEN, 116 GUNS
30CHAPTER XXVIII CHRISTMAS 1878.—THE INVASION OF ZULULAND
5CHAPTER III 1853–4—LIFE ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR
31CHAPTER XXIX 1879—IN ZULULAND
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6CHAPTER IV 1854—INVASION OF THE CRIMEA
32CHAPTER XXX 1879—THE INHLOBANE, 28TH MARCH
7CHAPTER V 1854—THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
33CHAPTER XXXI 1879—KAMBULA, 29TH MARCH
8CHAPTER VI 1854–5—A NAKED AND STARVING ARMY
34CHAPTER XXXII 1879—THE PRINCE IMPERIAL
9CHAPTER VII 1855—SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
35CHAPTER XXXIII 1879—ULUNDI
10CHAPTER VIII 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN
36CHAPTER XXXIV 1879—COMPLIMENTARY HONOURS
11CHAPTER IX 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued
37CHAPTER XXXV 1880—H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
12CHAPTER X 1856–7—13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
38CHAPTER XXXVI 1881—THE LAND OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS
13CHAPTER XI 1858—CENTRAL INDIA
39CHAPTER XXXVII 1881—AFTER MAJUBA
14CHAPTER XII 1858—SINDWAHA
40CHAPTER XXXVIII 1881—A ROYAL COMMISSION
15CHAPTER XIII 1858–9—A PURSUIT
41CHAPTER XXXIX 1881—MARITZBURG
16CHAPTER XIV 1859—THE END OF THE MUTINY
42CHAPTER XL 1882—CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA
17CHAPTER XV 1859—BEATSON’S HORSE
43CHAPTER XLI 1883—SIRDAR
18CHAPTER XVI 1859–60—THE SIRONJ JUNGLES
44CHAPTER XLII 1884–5—THE SUDAN
19CHAPTER XVII 1860—CENTRAL INDIA HORSE
45CHAPTER XLIII 1885–6–7–8—COLCHESTER DISTRICT
20CHAPTER XVIII 1861–2–3—THE STAFF COLLEGE
46CHAPTER XLIV 1889—ALDERSHOT
21CHAPTER XIX 1865–7—“ON THE STAFF”
47CHAPTER XLV 1889–90—REFORMS AT ALDERSHOT
22CHAPTER XX 1867–71—ALDERSHOT
48CHAPTER XLVI 1891–2–3—TRAINING OF TROOPS ON PRIVATE LANDS
23CHAPTER XXI 1871–2–3—90TH LIGHT INFANTRY
49CHAPTER XLVII 1893–6—QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL
24CHAPTER XXII 1873—ASHANTI
50CHAPTER XLVIII 1897–90—ADJUTANT-GENERAL
25CHAPTER XXIII 1873–4—AT THE HEAD OF THE ROAD IN ASHANTI
51CHAPTER XLIX ADJUTANT-GENERAL—Continued
26CHAPTER XXIV 1874–8—ALDERSHOT: SOUTH AFRICA
52CHAPTER L 1901–2–3—SECOND ARMY CORPS DISTRICT
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