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FROM MIDSHIPMAN TO
FIELD MARSHAL
Evelyn Wood F.M.
1906.
FROM MIDSHIPMAN TO
FIELD MARSHAL
BY
EVELYN WOOD, F.M., D.C.L.
V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
WITH TWENTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
FIFTH AND CHEAPER EDITION
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
| First Published (in Two Volumes) | October 1906 |
| Second, Third, and Fourth Editions | October 1906 |
| Fifth Edition (in One Volume) | November 1907 |
TO
MY COMRADES
PAST AND PRESENT
OF ALL RANKS IN BOTH SERVICES
I DEDICATE
THIS STORY OF MY LIFE
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| RECORD OF APPOINTMENTS, STAFF APPOINTMENTS, AND WAR SERVICES, EXTRACTED FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST | xi | |
| I. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| II. | 1852—H.M.S. QUEEN, 116 GUNS | 8 |
| III. | 1853–4—LIFE ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR | 16 |
| IV. | 1854—INVASION OF THE CRIMEA | 28 |
| V. | 1854—THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL | 45 |
| VI. | 1854–5—A NAKED AND STARVING ARMY | 57 |
| VII. | 1855—SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL | 69 |
| VIII. | 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN | 82 |
| IX. | 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued | 92 |
| X. | 1856–7—13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS | 106 |
| XI. | 1858—CENTRAL INDIA | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |