Chapter I: Introduction: Chap

I. THE WAUCHOPES OF NIDDRIE MARISCHAL

II. CHILDHOOD--EARLY TENDENCIES--THE 'HOUSEHOLD TROOP'--EDUCATION--NAVAL TRAINING--THE 'BRITANNIA'--THE 'ST. GEORGE'--PRINCE ALFRED

III. ENTERS THE ARMY--THE BLACK WATCH--ASHANTI WAR--RETURN HOME--BANQUET AT PORTOBELLO

IV. DEATH OF WAUCHOPE's FATHER--ORDERED TO MALTA--REMINISCENCES--RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS--CYPRUS--APPOINTMENT AS CIVIL COMMISSIONER OF PAPHO--REMINISCENCES--SIR ROBERT BIDDULPH--THE SULTAN'S CLAIMS

V. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA--ARABI PASHA'S REBELLION IN EGYPT--TEL-EL-KEBIR--MARRIAGE--LIFE IN CAIRO

VI. THE EASTERN SOUDAN--BATTLE OF EL-TEB--ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE GENERAL GORDON--ASCENT OF THE NILE--THE WHALE-BOATS--BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN--RETURN TO CAIRO--MALTA--GIBRALTAR

VII. THE MIDLOTHIAN CAMPAIGN

VIII. THE 73RD REGIMENT AT MARYHILL BARRACKS--INCIDENTS OF HOME LIFE--MILITARY LIFE AT YORK--APPOINTMENT TO SOUDAN CAMPAIGN

IX. THE SOUDAN--BATTLES OF ATBARA AND OMDURMAN--ARRIVAL HOME--RECEPTION AT NIDDRIE--DEGREE OF LL.D.--PAROCHIAL DUTIES--PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST FOR SOUTH EDINBURGH

X. OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA--COMMAND OF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE--DEPARTURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA--THE SITUATION--BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN--DEATH--FUNERAL--AFTER THE BATTLE

XI. CHARACTERISTICS

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT . . . . Frontispiece

NIDDRIE MARISCHAL, FRONT VIEW

ANDREW WAUCHOPE, MIDSHIPMAN, AGE 14

ANDREW WAUCHOPE, AGE 30

NIDDRIE MARISCHAL, BACK VIEW

GENERAL WAUCHOPE ON HORSEBACK

THE GRAVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD

THE GRAVE AT MATJESFONTEIN

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