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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army - Gawa Lior 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. (Hardcover)
Charles Alexander Gordon
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R940
Discovery Miles 9 400
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Through the Queen Empress's Wars
Gordon had a long military career. Indeed he became Surgeon General
and this book has been extracted from his
autobiography-'Recollections of Thirty-Nine Years in the Army'.
Although his later carer took him on several interesting military
missions as an observer including the Franco-Prussian War, the
Leonaur editors have elected to concentrate this account of an
actively involved British officer of the Victorian Age around those
campaigns where the author found himself in the front line of
events. We join Gordon during the early Victorian central Indian
campaign of the Gwalior War and several field force expeditions.
Service on the coast of Guinea is followed by the bloody days of
the Indian Mutiny before service with the Azimghur Field Force. For
those interested in the campaigns-particularly within the
sub-continent-of the early to mid Victorian period this is an
interesting eyewitness account by a military medical man.
This joint reissue comprises two works on military medicine,
providing instruction on the treatment of ailments common to
soldiers, and methods for preventing their occurrence. The title
work, written by Charles Alexander Gordon (1821-99) and published
in 1873, is followed by A Guide to Health for the Use of Soldiers
by fellow surgeon R. C. Eaton (1842-1902), which first appeared in
1890. Intended to be read by infantrymen and officers, both works
offer succinct and practical advice on topics ranging from malaria
to drunkenness. The texts take slightly different approaches in
their presentation of advice: Gordon adopts a crisp and formal
style, while Eaton incorporates instructive medical facts in his
brief yet fluent explanations. Together, the works provide an
effective exposition of problems and practicalities that would
assume tremendous significance decades later in the trenches of the
First World War.
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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army - Gawa Lior 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. (Paperback)
Charles Alexander Gordon
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R696
Discovery Miles 6 960
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