Length23h 28m
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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
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Publish dateJul 24, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
2FIELD MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., P.S.C., Barrister-at-Law
3CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
4CHAPTER II 1852—H.M.S. QUEEN, 116 GUNS
5CHAPTER III 1853–4—LIFE ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR
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6CHAPTER IV 1854—INVASION OF THE CRIMEA
7CHAPTER V 1854—THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
8CHAPTER VI 1854–5—A NAKED AND STARVING ARMY
9CHAPTER VII 1855—SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL
10CHAPTER VIII 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN
11CHAPTER IX 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued
12CHAPTER X 1856–7—13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
13CHAPTER XI 1858—CENTRAL INDIA
14CHAPTER XII 1858—SINDWAHA
15CHAPTER XIII 1858–9—A PURSUIT
16CHAPTER XIV 1859—THE END OF THE MUTINY
17CHAPTER XV 1859—BEATSON’S HORSE
18CHAPTER XVI 1859–60—THE SIRONJ JUNGLES
19CHAPTER XVII 1860—CENTRAL INDIA HORSE
20CHAPTER XVIII 1861–2–3—THE STAFF COLLEGE
21CHAPTER XIX 1865–7—“ON THE STAFF”
22CHAPTER XX 1867–71—ALDERSHOT
23CHAPTER XXI 1871–2–3—90TH LIGHT INFANTRY
24CHAPTER XXII 1873—ASHANTI
25CHAPTER XXIII 1873–4—AT THE HEAD OF THE ROAD IN ASHANTI
26CHAPTER XXIV 1874–8—ALDERSHOT: SOUTH AFRICA
27CHAPTER XXV 1878—THE GAIKAS AND PERIE BUSH
28CHAPTER XXVI 1878—FROM KING WILLIAM’S TOWN TO UTRECHT
29CHAPTER XXVII 1878—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
30CHAPTER XXVIII CHRISTMAS 1878.—THE INVASION OF ZULULAND
31CHAPTER XXIX 1879—IN ZULULAND
32CHAPTER XXX 1879—THE INHLOBANE, 28TH MARCH
33CHAPTER XXXI 1879—KAMBULA, 29TH MARCH
34CHAPTER XXXII 1879—THE PRINCE IMPERIAL
35CHAPTER XXXIII 1879—ULUNDI
36CHAPTER XXXIV 1879—COMPLIMENTARY HONOURS
37CHAPTER XXXV 1880—H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
38CHAPTER XXXVI 1881—THE LAND OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS
39CHAPTER XXXVII 1881—AFTER MAJUBA
40CHAPTER XXXVIII 1881—A ROYAL COMMISSION
41CHAPTER XXXIX 1881—MARITZBURG
42CHAPTER XL 1882—CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA
43CHAPTER XLI 1883—SIRDAR
44CHAPTER XLII 1884–5—THE SUDAN
45CHAPTER XLIII 1885–6–7–8—COLCHESTER DISTRICT
46CHAPTER XLIV 1889—ALDERSHOT
47CHAPTER XLV 1889–90—REFORMS AT ALDERSHOT
48CHAPTER XLVI 1891–2–3—TRAINING OF TROOPS ON PRIVATE LANDS
49CHAPTER XLVII 1893–6—QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL
50CHAPTER XLVIII 1897–90—ADJUTANT-GENERAL
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